11-year-old gamer receives porn on Xbox

NBC -- A Texas mother is outraged after her 11-year-old son was sent pornography by an online gamer he met while playing his Xbox.

[Millionaire]

I'm pretty sure that child already got a full box of porn under his bed. Jesus fricking Christ give me a break!

[-Alpha]

You don't know that Millionaire.

Personally I would be pretty pissed off too as a parent. Though the kid on the other hand is probably happily pitching a tent if you know what I mean.

[captain-obvious]

"probably happily pitching a tent"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA EPIC

[TwistdKarma]

LOL.....

I mean come on 10 was the first time he's ever seen porn. I ran across my dad's vintage Playboy collection when I was like 4 with a friend. Mom wasn't too happy with Dad about that one. Oh man.... childhood memories.

[Hideo_Kojima]

if a kid sees porn does it mean that anything bad at all will happen to his brain?

will he turn out to become a sexmaniac or a rapist or a 13 year old father?

i dont think it will effect him at all.

So why are parents so angry when porn slips into kids hands?

[Hitman0769]

Yeah I guess you would rather have socially akward children who don't know what sexuality is... good idea.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

The FBI?

Was it like child porn or something? Because serious over reaction here if someone got the FBI involved.

I'm also curious to know what game he was playing, Seeing as they didn't mention it in the article, and well ya know, if the person was on Call of Duty sending it to him, it is a 17 or older game.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

I'm with Guntrol in this one. I can see why some parents would be mad about it but personally I don't intend to raise my childs with tales about white stork or cabbage patch.

@Hellangelzx

Child porn is not the only category of child molest crime, at least here in brazil, exposing a child to age restricted material, like adult porn, can be considered depending on the case (obviously not if a child steal a parent's magazine and bring it to school or somekind of "innocent" prank).

[danmachine]

when i last signed up for xbox live gold (2 years ago) you had to be 18 to do it so he shouldnt even be on xbox live.

[Count]

Last I checked Xbox Live did not endorse pornography. So it's not only that he shouldn't have been there, but there shouldn't have been pornography on it either.

[-Alpha]

Stop constantly blaming parents, kids, and Xbox. Whoever sent it is not only violating TOS but committing a crime.

It's funny: We gamers blame the guys blaming and stereotyping the industry in a bad light yet you have no problem doing the same. Not all kids are annoying brats, not all parents are negligent and careless, and there is no excuse to send porn to a minor. It's indecent and unlawful.

[antz1104]

HAHAHA This is fucking hilarious! Unless it's like kiddie porn, that makes me a sad panda:(

[Count]

And that only goes to show how far we're falling.

[JonnyBadfinger]

Kinda reminds me of the South Park episode where Butters watches 'Backdoor Sluts 9'... and i quote "whoa! whats going on down there?"*Butters looking at groin*

[TwistdKarma]

"All it was was a sick pair of joker lips"

man that episode cracks me up.

[Scotland-The-Brave]

lol an 11 year old with a box of porn under his bed? I didnt even know what porn was at that age

[evilmonkey501]

Im so sorry for you.

[J-Smith]

is that Milo getting a email from Peter Molyneux LoL

[nunley33]

non-story and these things happen sometimes, i'm sure the kid was really traumatized by this lol.

[elpresador]

So yea, looks like something the ps3 doesnt do, unless of course you use the shitty web browser to pull up porn

[TheTeam06]

Welcome to the real world.

[iMaim]

Woah

[Akagi]

Every time I see these stories, it ALWAYS involves an Xbox. Hmmm...

[darthv72]

it used to involve playstation prior to that it was sega and then prior to that it was nintendo.

Each gen a company makes a name for themselves paints a target of "get them" for the media to attack.

[AliTheBrit19]

Actually I can think of quite a few which included PS3's and PSN

Maybe I just have a better/not selective memory? Hmmm...

Like the child who was being groomed through PSN and the person tried to meet up with them.

A lot worse than sending a picture.

Anyway, parents fault.

[IRetrouk]

that was actually an xbox user mate, i read it in a newspaper and on this fine site.

[The Lazy One]

cuz there's only one pedophile in the world on just one service...

Odds are it's probably happening every day on both systems. It's sick, but parents have to keep a better eye on their kids. There's a reason they put parental controls on the devices and there's a reason the online experience isn't rated by the ESRB.

I'm assuming PSN has the same friends-only communication settings that XBL does, so it's not like it's the systems' faults. It's stupid parents that think their children can do no wrong.

[IRetrouk]

i agree with you its a sick world we live in.

[XactGamer]

There is porn on Blu-ray

[Erotic Sheep]

mmmmm HD porn

>.>
<.<

[SupaGamer]

From an NBC website: " A Texas mother is outraged after her 11-year-old son was sent pornography by an online gamer he met while playing his Nintendo Xbox."

NINTENDO XBOX!?!?! And they say I'm the hadicapped one. NBC FAIL.

[ElementX]

I immediately saw that and was like WTF?!?!? Don't these people have editors?

*EDIT*
Well they need fact checkers.

[Caithness]

Well, it's grammatically correct... just technically wrong haha.

Editors should be all over that but then again, young editors at major publications are nearly non-existent. it's a position of experience... and sometimes that can clearly bite you in the ass. :)

[TheColbertinator]

I guess not.

[NecrumSlavery]

I used to get porn sent to me on my Omega Gamesphere.

[The Lazy One]

Okama makes the gamesphere

[NateNater]

So he was playing this http://www.product-reviews....

[SupaGamer]

WOW! I guess he could of.

[kane_1371]

then they must have lost alot of money on this on invisible[internal] RROD

[DORMIN]

I LOLD

[Lou-Cipher]

See. People are already starting to realize that the 360 is a Casual only machine. Thanks alot Kinect :)

[George Sears]

Pfft maybe the little brat was the one sending porn and blamed others when they caught him.

[TheTeam06]

XXXbox Live. haha!

[SixZeroFour]

hmm...seems as tho the mother is more than informed on electronics to the point were she knows who to call and what to call about, and even use the site to file complaints...but wasnt smart enough to use the parenting options on the xbox itself

however, i dont exactly know what you can control with parenting options cause i havent checked it

[Johnny Rotten]

well at least he can almost justify the $50 a year for LIVE!!

[OneSneakyMofo]

This comment wins.

[dizzleK]

meanwhile the kid was probably a griefer shrieking that everybody was a N-word f*g. shit like this just doesn't happen out of thin air. it clearly states he got it as a response to a message he sent-

"Rosie's son sent a message to one of those players challenging him. She says that player then sent her son the pornographic pictures."

check his sent messages mom.

[The Iron Sheik]

There is no law against calling someone the N word over the internet. There is one against sending an 11 year old porn though.

[Colonel-Killzone]

DizzleK I tend to disagree with a lot of things you say. But for once I must agree with you on this part. These kids tend to say a lot of things which is not good BUT there is no Law saying they can't say the N word.

Regardless whoever sent him the porn is wrong. This is why Sony Microsoft does not have porn available at all on any of the Market places because of nonsense like this. Regardless I don't know why the culprit was even sending porn. People need to wake up and keep gaming and jerking off to themselves.

[evilmonkey501]

Unless your in japan.You can download pron off the Japanese psn.

[mrv321]

I'm no expert but on the internet there's no country so is it the law of the victim country or that of the offender?

[ASSASSYN 36o]

You are subject to the laws of a country were the online crime was committed and were the effects of the online crime occurred. If you are living in Korea and you hack into the CIA at Langley Virginia. Then you will receive a visit from your local police and then the FBI. Violators are subject to International Criminal Courts.

[Senden]

LOL, I love these articles.. she sure is fast to deal with the culprit but in all fairness.. this what will happen if you let an 11 year old use a service which deals with a lot of adult content. Perhaps she should probably look at whether or not her son should actually even be allowed to use xbox box live?

Also the ironic thing is, it's probably a friend sending it to him thinking it's cool.

[Colonel-Killzone]

Sigh this is not good at all. But anyway whoever sent him this is obviously stupid as hell. First off why send porn on a video game console ? Second to a 11 year old ? Please we all know what 11 year old sounds like online so yeah there is by far no excuses for this crap.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

No excuse for the parents failing to use the parental controls and allowing the xbox-live public to expose their child to porn. In this case I blame the parent. Not the victim and not just the violator.

[coolfool]

Lucky him!

I wish it was delivered to me when I was that age but we had to make do with "used" mags.

[washingmachine]

how sweet

[RockmanII7]

"NBC -- A Texas mother is outraged after her 11-year-old son was sent pornography by an online gamer he met while playing his Xbox."

How much you want to bet he was playing an M rated game

[evilmonkey501]

probably mw2.

[shikwan]

Bottom line-When are parent's going to take ownership for their children??

I mean, Id've been upset & done the same things in response to the perv who sent him the ish...but MS has control options so this won't happen:

**Privacy and Friends: You have the power to approve your child's online friends. Let your child communicate with anybody or only with their friends, decide who can see your child's personalized profile, control who sees your child's online or offline status, and more.

**Manage who your child can communicate with on Xbox LIVE using video.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/s...

But by the sounds of it (and by the rep of kids on XBL) he probably asked for it or had it coming! It was probably his deadbeat dad on the other end (ROFL).

[WithMyLastBreath]

Parental controls should have been used but why do we have to worry about porn being sent via a gaming network? When did all this stop being about having fun gaming? And to the people who said he was playing an M rated game, I am pretty sure that doesn't mean you should expect porn in your inbox.

[shikwan]

U shouldn't EXPECT to see porn in Ur inbox on XBL...but the Parental Controls are their as a PRECAUTION. Internet/XBL, etc, u never know WHO's on the other end so it's best to useit for your kids.

[Alos88]

Gotta love that expression, he is not displeased to say the least.

[Funky Town_TX]

You can't send files on xbox live to another gamer. Also in the article it says "This can only happen to your child if you pay for the Xbox online service". You can be silver "FREE" and still have links sent to you from friends. Also a 11 year old should not play online without a parent being involved. There is no ESRB rating for online play so you leave your kids open to what ever.
This parent should be ashamed of themselves for being so stupid about video games. I bet he was playing GTA4 online when he got the info from the other gamer.

[clintos59]

The kid got some porn sent to him from a friend and the kid popped a boner & decides to have a little jerking session lol. Well as he is enjoying his jerk off session his mom decides to suprise her son with a copy of crackdown 2 but walks in quietly and sees her son stroking away.

Slowly she drops the game (matrix effects) & then she screams like some1 died in shock only to see her son in shock aswell & disgraced & not knowing what to say but pointing at his screen blaming xbl while not even noticing his little pecker was stiff & viewable to his mother. This was the begining of little joey's story & how he went from being a normal 11 year old kid who enjoyed games to becoming a fine young man. The end. LOL.

[cgspicer]

wtf

[mantisimo]

....had to stop reading at "kid popped a boner" yewwww.

[Acquiescence]

:(

[ASSASSYN 36o]

I know right! I beta tested Xbox-live and the best I got all these years was boobies from a hot black chick in Australia and one in Canada!

[TABSF]

Parents are quite happy to get games with 15 and 18 age ratings yet are the first to complain about the content, its a JOKE.

Why buy when your just going to bitch, did you miss the massive 15 and 18 sticker. Cry some more

Also I believe there should be a minimum age for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live
18 years of age should me minimum, so people can take some self responsibility

But still what was this guy thinking, I would not expect to receive images from someone I don't know, may be he thought it was funny but the funny thing is he's going to get banned

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Yet again another ignorant parent fails to protect their child with parental controls. It is your responsibility as a parent to protect your child from exposure to boobies, penises, and vagina's having fun with each other. Not MS. The video, picture, and communication to other gamers can be completely blocked or individually blocked.

Grow-up become a parent and not a friend.

[BuIIetproofish_]

He was probably playing MW2 and screaming at people. They need to arrest the mother.

[gypsygib]

Poor kids his mom's anal retentive - she called the cops b/c of some porn. Porn sites pop up just when searching the net with short clips. Porn is unavoidable and sure he shouldn't be exposed to it, I don't think sending pics was criminal. The guy who sent it should be banned from Live, that's it.

I bet her kid was virtually killing people in COD or Halo too It's ok to kill but allowing your kids to see a tit is criminal.

[Fishy Fingers]

Lucky bastard. You know how hard it was for me to get porn at 11?!

[jaredhart]

Yeah, things we rough for me too.

[dan_chan89]

parent's fault.

[TwistedMetal]

I always laugh at the idiots who say they are getting kinect for their little kids... You might as well just let them stay the night with micheal jackson if you gonna let them play the x360. oh wait micheal dead. get the wii not freaking crap tastic kinect that doesnt work. Yet idiots will still not listen and wonder why their streight son is now gay or why there daughter turned into a lesbian. the x360 and xboxlive is not good for your kids especially with the cross game chat feature so your kid can constantly talk with the pedo 24/7 instead of playing the game like they should be.

[theEx1Le]

Are you an idiot? Seriously there is so much fail in your comment I don't even know where to begin.

[iliimaster]

lmao good one metal

[cgspicer]

haha. wow. u dumb

[OneSneakyMofo]

Five dollars says the kid either plays Halo or MW2 on a daily basis. Any takers?

[jaredhart]

And probably Gears of War 2. I won't take that bet...don't like to lose money.

[dionnysus]

why does something like this happens to xbox users? does it ever happens to the ps3 owners? wtf?

[SupaGamer]

People on Xbox Live are more social. I think it has to do with the mic being included. I get sent pictures from random people on Xbox Live every now and then...never any porn though.

[iliimaster]

this is why i own a ps3! xbox is just for pornos!

[LoaMcLoa]

illimaster: Don't Playstation 3 have a internet-explorer? ;)

[jaredhart]

Have definitely watched internet porn on my 50" 1080p TV thru my PS3.

[VladimirK]

Yeah, it's wrong to send porn to kids, blah, blah, blah...

But why did an 11 year old kid have access to unrestricted Live?
Use the parental controls you moron before letting your little Hellspawn roam free to scream over his headset whilst playing MW2/Halo 3/Gears 2.
Even better, don't even get an 11 year old Gold Live in the first place.

Was the parent so naive that they didn't expect anything like this if they never used the controls?

It's like telling your kid to take free candy from men in vans and to expect everything to be cool, then to blame the maker of the van when the kid goes missing.

[memphis2]

this does not make since, the mother is allowing her kid to play halo?? yet she gets all crazy when some random person sent him porn? hmm if i had to choose i rather have my kid to have porn then play violent games at that age. ain't nothing wrong with porn lol

[uhaul]

Wow, Porn would've blown my mind at 11.

[tiamat5]

MIND WARP!!!!!!!!

[ReBurn]

Why does an 11 year old have access to Xbox Live? Is this one of those cases where someone chooses to not parent their child until it's too late? Online interactions not rated by the ESRB.

[sovietsoldier]

mother was just upset that the porn he got was gay porn, the kind he likes.

[zeeshan810]

He should be happy that his $50 didn't go to waste.

[Shield]

GIGGIDY!

[CyrusNightshade]

I think his mom would be even more outraged if she would happen to listen in on him while hes playing, those 11 year olds say some messed up things over live that I wouldn't even say jokingly to my friends

[IneedWeed]

People send kids porn these days? Man freaking sickos, bet they can't wait for Milo to come out of production.

First time I saw porn was when I was about 7, and that was hardcore porn lol.

[Dorwrath]

Why was he not on a childs account with the appropriate settings.

If you use the controls provided your child can never receive that sort of content or listen to some of the crap on live or PSN.

Why do you guys bash the industry yet when someone else outside of it says something about this you all attack him.

Hypercrits

[amrasmord]

I love how an ELEVEN year old is playing Halo... Goddamn these irresponsible parents, you're making us all look bad...

[ATi_Elite]

As a parent she should have used the PARENTAL CONTROLS on the Xbox since the 11 year old was connected ONLINE but I guarantee you she didn't while he was playing a M rated game. (Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2)

But in her defense it sounds like the violator just sent the pics to him via Xbox live picture share which may be a little harder to filter.

At least little Johnny got porn versus pre-approved credit card spam

[TheNocturnus]

This kid should have been supervised. Still, some sick bastard out there is trying to entice children with porn. Some one should call that guy from "To catch a predator" show, I forget his name atm. Mom should have bought him a Wii or at least put some parental controls on the Xbox 360.

[Prcko]

poor kid!

[xTHRASHx]

It is the parents fault for not setting proper restrictions for their childs account. You can block picture communication. The parent failed to do that.

[N4BmpS]

On another note, Mainstream media will love to take shots at this unfortunate? event. But this falls on the parent partially still (read what xTHRASHx said)Research parents, COME ON!!

[writersblock]

Idiot parents called the police

You dont fucking call 911 cus you find porn on the xbox, thats abusing the number. Its for emergencies only fucktards

[djfullshred]

Where in this article did it say she called 911? Oh, it didn't.

You do realize that people can call their local police without dialing 911? You also should realize that it is a crime to intentionally give pornography to children.

If it was my kid, I'd want the head of the person that sent that on a silver platter. Hell yeah, I'd call the police, and everyone else I could to get that person busted.

[moho-foe]

So whats the Problem?

[Prcko]

parents need to watch out a little bit more

[xg-ei8ht]

Lucky kid, wish someone would send me some porn.

[ATi_Elite]

Making porn is better than watching porn!

[mantisimo]

......The lights get hot and I've got to shave like everywhere twice a day and sometimes I have to do a dwarfe or something.

It's not as glamorous as it sounds.....sigh....

[benandlol]

I've been watching since I was 9.

[bjornbear]

I'm pretty sure its damn hard to stop your kid from receiving 1 file over the net.

its the senders fault for sending porn illigaly in the first place.

WTF would you send porn to someone anyway?1 WHY?! who does that?! and to a kid?

yeah blame the parents =P...as if parents have absolute control... (actually they don't, not as much as people assume, its way harder to keep track of a kid than one might think...i thought it was, but after speaking t my sister about her kids, i learnt is a lot harder than it seems)

[anman786]

the dumb bitch bought him a rated m game

[That_Genius]

So what? Now that he has seen this porn his life is ruined?

Like really what the hell is it going to do to him?

It's ridiculous how much we censor the sh*t out of everything these days.

[DXDA]

wow this is the second time this happens in my hometown. I remember awhile back a kid from the north side of San Antonio said he was going to take a gun to high school and shoot people all while playing on xbox live. a Canadian guy reported this to the FBI. turned out to be a 12 yr. saying foolish things. what idiots.

[anman786]

the game itself is rated m, what is she doing buying him a 17 and over game, dumb ass bitch

[lzim]

"When they are playing against their friends, it's a controlled environment,"

Says who?

pure bullshit that MS has been cashing in on this lie for so long.

[Kos-Mos]

For the love of god. Imagine what the child suffers after watching porn. Oh christ where are you in these difficult times?
Oh lord why have you forsaken these innocent children? Learning about sex when you`re 11 is just just just...??? Bad?
Or maybe the boy ever wondered how he was created.

[biohazard14]

parental fucking control

[04soldier]

When I was 11 I was actively seeking out my dads old mags and vhs tapes.....Those were the best times bcuz I would wait till everyone left and go for his stash... kinda like i still do now lol...

[TruthbeTold]

is an 11 year old doing on XBox live? Even moreso, why without direct and much involved supervision? What happened isn't right, but this is kind of like letting your child be babysat by cable tv when you know one of your channels is the Playboy channel. Eventually he's going to find it by changing channels, or it's going to find him by being the first channel he sees when the tv's turned on. Ridiculous...

[RyuCloudStrife]

man when i was in 5th grade (10 yrs old) i was searching porn on the schools computer (most time it was blocked), so please this kid's parents better stop acting like hes been raped by seeing porn, i bet it aint the first time he seen it, shit not defenitedly in this internet world these kids live in today.....

[RyuCloudStrife]

This can only happen to your child if you pay for the Xbox online service.

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

Bebo? what nationality are you? albanian?

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

gets porn on his ps3 everyday.

SOMEBODY NOTIFY THE FBI! ; )

oh the power of an internet browser.

[darktick]

come on guys this is crazy for the mom to act like this really please! First how old does it recommended you be to play halo plus on xbl you can setup limits to how people play and keep your 11yr old from play online with people like that. First off I am a parent of three boys and I would not act this way if I let them play halo or any other games like that online. Be a parent and stop complaining to others and blaming others it is your fault own up to it!

[evilmonkey501]

I will send you pictures of boobs over psn.
Oh wait...we all have the internet.

[caffman]

but then explain to my 11 year old about sex and porn (if they didn't know already).
However if I caught them watching a justin Beiber video they would be out the fucking door

[kraze07]

Been watching porn since I was six. Moms caught me with a porn magazine when I was seven and didn't overly react and freak out. She was disappointed in the fact that I lied to her about where I got it from but laughed and joked about me looking at porn in the first place. Seriously people we don't live in the 17th century so stop acting so damn conservative.

[Paradise Lost]

Well...The kids gonna find out eventually right?

[OpiZA]

Lucky Fish.