‘Modern Family’ Star Ariel Winter Goes Undercover in Shocking Sting to Expose Child Predator!
“I was a victim of grooming online and IRL, and CSA,” Ariel wrote under an Instagram video promoting the SOSA series.
“The effects are lifelong and inescapable. This has ALWAYS been a problem, but in the digital age, it is only escalating to more extreme levels and in more manipulative ways.”
Ariel explained that predators exploit children’s loneliness and innocence and use fake names to contact them
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Though the experience was “heartbreaking,” she also found it “rewarding” to help spare others from the traumatizing feelings she endured as a child.
“I like working with SOSA because it’s women helping women, and I’ll do it as long as I can.”
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She added that theorganization, which works directly withlaw enforcement, “helps get actual convictions and take these perpetrators off the streets. It is not easy to do this work, but it is so rewarding to know that we’ve helped protect even one child.”
Online grooming often involves adults creating fake profiles and posing as children or teens in order to befriend someone and gain their trust, as perRAINN. This may be the first step towards inappropriate comments or requests, stalking, or harassment.
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SOSA and other experts recommend talking to kids about red flags and setting internet boundaries
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In these cases, predators try to gain the trust of a potential victim through gifts, attention, shared “secrets,” and other tactics that make them feel like the relationship is caring and secret.
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