Nude Images on Xbox LIVE

A Lansing mother was shocked after her two children were subjected to nude pictures on Xbox LIVE. Michigan State Police say this disturbing crime should be a wake up call for parents.

Video games are meant to be a haven mostly targeted towards children but just like logging onto the Internet, state police say online games have become a magnet for sexual predators.

[InMyOpinion]

Xbox Live is pure evil.

[LJWooly]

Hey, come on. It could have happened anywhere.

Although I must admit, there's something about Live that does seem to bring out the worst in gamers. Maybe it's the age demographic that Live is aimed at, I don't know.

Still, it's not Live's fault this happened, it's up to the individuals that commited the crime.

[Richdad]

Just think by putting the address of a adult site in your browser you can get to something what was mentioned. Also you can see how are messegers like Yahoo and Community sites like Orkut have these things in them.
But also one thing is to be mentioned that Xbox Live provides with very high level of digital communication so this is missued. BUt I surely think that how fair is for the parents to let their children play on LIVE without any supervison or I must say they should atlest not let 15 years or less kids play online games better they use Live just for free contents.
Also not only thes kids ruin themselves but they mostly ruin the matches on Live by jumping instantly from one match to another giving awkward commnents etc.

[Close_Second]

...I hate that you cannot turn on a setting that will ensure adult avatars are not displayed. This site should introduce a setting so when you upload your avatar that you indicate if it contains x-rated images. That way I can turn on a setting that won't display such images.

[thedude17655]

not to mention avatars that have swears in them, this site doesn't look to kindly on swears in there post, so why not the avatars.

[Timesplitter14]

Yes. This is tragic. I mean.... seeing humans in their natural form? These children will surely become murderers or somrthing like that.

/sarcasm, just in case you didn't notice

[DRUDOG]

Pedophiles should be castrated. Yes, I mean that. Or be forced to take medication or get a shot that takes away their libido. I understand those folks have a "sickness", but it's supposedly uncurable so take some more drastic measures. I bet that sh!t bag wouldn't be sending pics of himself without any balls...

[DarkSniiper]

Home will be worst. Predators can invite the kids to there apartment and the walls could be lined with Nude images everywhere and the TVs could be playing porn for the kiddies. HOME will be Evail!

$nipe

[JoelR]

Dark
If your PS3 is setup with parental controls the subaccounts can not enter a private space with out the primary account giving access to that space. That means if a child enters somewhere like that - it is the parent that is remiss and not the Interface.

It's the same reason PSN does not allow you to upload your own avatar but must use their preapproved incarnations. Sony is being extra careful because it is an all ages environment.

AKA - Parents have all the control about where their children get to inside Home.

[MattFoley]

I for once agree with Sniper. Home will be far worse unless the appropriate tools are in place to stop such things from happening. Remeber when that kiddie porn playground thing happened in SecondLife, now it will be apartments. They should have people in place like they do in chat rooms to bust these perverts. Otherwise they are going to run amuck and ruin everyone elses experience.

I only think Home will be worse because its a 3d world and like second life its seems to appeal more to these freaks.

[CrazedFiend]

Give good ol' Jack something else to rave about.

You pervs are gonna make it hard for the rest of us. Get help or stick to the internet. Leave the game world alone.

[Cryos]

Love how all you x-bots are condemning Home and saying it will be worse without any knowledge of it.

Also, this mother refuses to now let her children play on Live because of this? Overreact much?

"She now fears for the safety of her children"?

I'm sure she has no problem with them hearing the profanity on Live. I also find it funny that the article says they were "subjected" to the photos, as if they had no control over seeing them.

Again, the media makes it all about the console and gaming, and refuse to offer any insights on how parents can, and SHOULD take action to prevent these things from happening. Banning her kids from live is a knee-jerk reaction, esp. when there are other alternatives.

[Bloodshedder]

what are you talking abouth!

[dantesparda]

is way overreacting, and I see that some of youse are too. This is a pathetic issue and i think that the rampart racism on Live is a bigger issue than this.

[InMyOpinion]

I was being ironic. I mean what are these articles getting at? Xbox Live is no different than other online communities. In fact it's probably safer considering all of the parental features.

I'm sick and tired of reading article after article that tries to take a stab at Xbox Live. I rarely see any articles bashing PSN.

[JsonHenry]

I thought the 360 has parental lock that disables this sort of thing?

[xbox360elitegamer]

this ain't right, not good for the future of the children playing on Xbox Live...

[wow4u]

Give it a rest -- there is no more or less* danger to this happening on PSN or Xbox LIVE.

The news report was fcuking retarded and inaccurate.

WTF did Halo 3 have to do with it? There is *NO* video feature to Halo 3.... and that's just for starters.

This story was just a 6'oclock hysteria.

[Delive]

This article has nothing to do with PSN. lol. When talking about how good live is, adding PSN into the conversation is inappropriate because it's not as good as live. Don't bring PSN into it when Live needs a partner in crime. PSN only has 126 perverts on it compared to Live's 1.59 Million pervs due to a much smaller audience.

Having fun with this stuff is great.

[lwsbrck]

simple solution, the stupid bint should restrict picture messaging to friends only, or restrict all together. its not exactly hard to do >.>

[Milky]

Last week my friends live account got hacked and the hacker put all this hardcore porn on it and changed all the friends list. It was sooo funny because his mum saw it and was disgusted. This could happen to anyone.

[JoelR]

Having you account hacked is not something that can happen to anyone.
If you have a decent secure password (min 6 characters(preferably 8 chracters) and mix of numbers and letters not based on dictionary words.) And you are smart enough not to be social engineered - the odds of you being hacked are vanishingly small.

[Mr_Kuwabara]

OMG teh bUbi3s agaienz gaimIeng!

[Gish]

Actually they ban by MAC address. It is the physical address of your PS3, which means that PS3 is a brick as far as PSN is concerned.

[Jack T]

Home will be far worse. A joystiq interview with Phil Harrison confirmed content on Home will not be monitored.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007...

That means you could walk into a room and be subjected to sick child pornography videos. All you will be able to do then is make a complaint, with no guarantee Sony will do anything about it.

Sony is deliberatly creating an enviroment in which peadophiles can share video and pictures and not get caught.

[Lord Anubis]

lol, Home will be monitor and there is also a report system. Also you can't just walk into an apartment. At any rate those that break the rules would be subject to a PSN ban.

[pwnsause]

rooms at home have a choice to make them public or private. trust me im well informed, im in the beta

[snoop_dizzle]

xbl also has a report system....but it seemed at least from what i saw, it was never used that much. Hopefully it is utilized this time in home.

Gamers on n4g are smart enough about this stuff, but not everyone using home(especially kids) will know good enough.

also kids can be are curious...they might get into something they will regret.

maybe they will be drawn into a room by some thing like... "Win a free ps3 game if you enter my room"...who knows.

[toughNAME]

Even with some of the cool features Home is supposed to have, I'm going to have to agree with you.

Internet=porn

[LJWooly]

There was an article a while back on N4G regarding the lenghts Sony are going to in order to make sure Home becomes nothing like that.

Apparently, anyone who is proven to have done something wrong will have their PSN account cancelled, and their IP invalidated (or something like that) meaning the only way they'd be able to get online again would be to move house.

I'm sure Home will be fine, although I'm glad people are raising concern about it, spurring Sony to make sure nothing like that happens.

However, I think you're not really concerned, and that you're jealous or something. Either way, it can only result in good things for Home.

[snoop_dizzle]

they might be able to monitor it, and i hope so....for some sicko like that this would be a more appealing route than say xbl, since you have your own virtual room.

And if what you say is true..than great. The question is, are people actually going to use the report system? xbl has one...and i never really heard about it being used much. Possibly all they will have to do though is make the report feature very noticeable. However while they should do this, parents need to smarten up.

[LJWooly]

I think a virtual room makes it fairly more complicated, and tehrefore actually serves the adverse for a paedophile.

Also, Live relies on people reporting violations, while Home relies on reports and heavy moderating (apparently).

But, neither of us know anyhting for sure (I'm assuming you weren't in on the Home beta either) so we'll just have to wait and see how it turns out.
Still, raising concern is only going to push sony to make Home safer for kids, and therefore is nothing but a good thing to do.

[wow4u]

@4.1

How do you think Xbox LIVE works?

Halo 3 has no video ability.

And, these kids would have to have *accepted* to view the message -- it was their own poor judgment ("hey, should i watch videos from strangers?") that caused this.

To the HATERS from the Sony Camp, be careful what you're saying about Online Gaming, becuase the PSN version of this idiot story is just around the corner.

Intstead of taking this as a method to spread anti- Xbox 360 FUD, you'd be much better off saying: "THIS ARTICLE WAS STUPID becuase X,Y,X".

to paraphrase;
"First they came for Xbox LIVE, then they came for Wii-Net, and then they came for PSN, but there was no one left to defend me..."

Wake up people.

[CrazedFiend]

Actually this concern has been brought up repeatedly about Home almost as soon as the concept was announced. Directly to Sony. I would be very surprised if they didn't have some kind of safeguard woven into Home from nearly the beginning.

If you're still concerned that some safeguard might not be included, why not contact Sony about the problem. Unlike Live, Home is not quite out yet. Writing your concern to Sony would do us a whole hell of a lot better than complaining about it here. That way, even if they haven't put something in already (again that would be a big shock to me), they can begin working early on some kind of patch.

[MACHone]

...don't let them play Uno. You're just asking for trouble.

[Chug]

I dont know why you got disagrees.
I've seen some really f'd-up stuff playing uno. Everything from wieners & boobs to guns & drugs. Not a very good environment for children.

[InMyOpinion]

What's that in your avatar? Play Uno a lot? ;)

[Azurite]

That's bullcrap.

[Armyless]

-

[lwsbrck]

a massive agree and bubbles for you sir

[Lord Anubis]

there should be a setting for kids where they don't get VoIP and they don't accept pictuers or video.

any who this reminds me of a person that was sending me strange pictures. First a moon then a sea lion and a flower. I don't konw if there was a message there but I didnt figured it out.

[DiabloRising]

Videogames are NOT a haven for children, and its this mentality that annoys the hell out of me. Games, just like books or film, appeal to a wide range of people/ages and thus are DESIGNED for a wide range of people/ages. Games are not a HAVEN, you do not sit a child in front of a game parents and let it act as a babysitter. Goddamn idiots. While nudity on Live is in poor taste, its that BS view that really gets me.

[eagle21]

Also said it's a new exclusive system unavailable anywhere. That's what I'm talking about...lol Phil Harrison was asked about freedom of content first at the home Q&A. He said that yes, Home allows adults to have an adult experience in private, but not in public spaces. And harrassment, vulgarity, etc, will be protected from and enforced by bans.

But this mom needs to do her homework first. Online anything has risks.

[RecSpec]

Home Police, always in conflict with the Home Mafia.

[caffman]

to combat flamers!

[Spinner]

SO F*CKING WHAT? It's a few naked women, who cares? Seriously this is one of the big reasons why the US sucks. Most people in Europe wouldn't give a crap about this, let alone make huge stories out of nudity.

The stuff that gets blown out of proportion here is unbelievable. Side of an alien boob? Oh snap, let's make it tonight's 7pm feature story.

And I'm sure the mom conveniently had no problem with them shooting up aliens, throwing grenades at soldiers, or blowing people's heads off. Yeah. That's f*cking normal. There's no way in hell they'll ever see nudity or have sex in their lifetime, but I'm sure they'll be playing with an arsenal of weapons and murdering people.

[DiabloRising]

Killing people ok.

Nudity bad.

Funny eh?

[snoop_dizzle]

um....what about pedophiles going after kids or drawing them into their virtual rooms?

[LJWooly]

Snoop, if that's targeted at home, all I can say to you is that Home will be heavily moderated, and i'm pretty sure that sort of thing won't happen.

Also, the demographic Sony aimed the PS3 is a wee bit different from those using Live, if you get what I mean.

[snoop_dizzle]

i see what your saying LJWooly....see my comment above. 4.6

as for the demographic, it changes over time. You will start seeing more and more younger people on as time goes by.

[falconorange]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[rofldings]

Agreed.

[Spinner]

Snoop, that's a different matter, but parents should do some research first in what they were giving their kids. If they were concerned with their children receiving messages from strangers, they could have simply used the "Block all communications" or "Set Communications to Friends Only" options and set a lock. Seriously, would they let their kid talk to some random stranger at a store? No. Then why did they let them on their game console? Had they done some more research, they would have seen that the 360 is strongly oriented to the older crowd. Being ignorant isn't an excuse to blame technology.

I know it may seem like I'm blaming the victim, but no matter how hard authorities work, there will always be people, both on the net and rl, looking for unsuspecting children as prey. Nothing is going to change that. The least parents can do is educate their children on what to do when and if they run into these kinds of people rather than completely block off the world from them and make them live in fear in some candyass sheltered environment/bubble.

If they don't want to do that ... buy them a Wii and block their kids from internet use. :P

[snoop_dizzle]

again....3fixme like i said to LJ ...see my comment 4.6...while i said they need to monitor home..its also the parents responsibly...nevermind ill just copy and paste it.

"they might be able to monitor it, and i hope so....for some sicko like that this would be a more appealing route than say xbl, since you have your own virtual room.

And if what you say is true..than great. The question is, are people actually going to use the report system? xbl has one...and i never really heard about it being used much. Possibly all they will have to do though is make the report feature very noticeable. However while they should do this, parents need to smarten up."

end quote

But yeah 3fixme you are right....and I do agree that parents most defiantly need to smarten up(negligence shouldn't be an excuse)..I was referring to home, not xbl becasue there is still debate on how that will be monitored, and this is a virtual environment completely different to xbl. Though from the sounds of what LJ said it wont be a problem as long as they make the report feature more noticeable.

[wow4u]

"Home will be heavily moderated, and i'm pretty sure that sort of thing won't happen"

Dont bet on that for a second. Are you daft?

Take a look in any 3D avatars based online world -- it always has perverts running around.

[LJWooly]

I'm sorry, but what makes me daft? Just about every other 3D avatar-based online world isn't heavily moderated.

I think Home is far too important for Sony to risk screwing up.

However, i'll make it clear that everything I said was siply specualtion, and based on things I've heard on the internet and from people in the home beta, before you decide to call me 'daft' again.

Of course, how could I ever expect someone like you to be in favour of Home?

[socsca]

Amen brutha!

EDIT: Lol I have two bubbles... I see someone didn't find the latest batch of offensive comments very funny. Oh well, new account coming up!

[permutated]

3FIXME/10.4-

You do realize that the Wii has both internet and a web browser, right?

[rofldings]

@above

Wii's online play is completely different. There is absolutely no way to communicate with other players. And for the browser, you can disable it or not download it at all.

[Jo0j]

2 words for the mother "Parental controls" they are there for a reason. Use them.

"SO F*CKING WHAT? It's a few naked women, who cares? "
-I doubt the photos were of women, but that's beside the point, we don't know what the pictures were taken of. Could of been a guy stickin....

"Seriously this is one of the big reasons why the US sucks. Most people in Europe wouldn't give a crap about this, let alone make huge stories out of nudity. "
-So you're telling me Europeans wouldn't mind it if strange people/pedofiles targeted their little kids, and sent pics of them doing who knows what? great, good for Europe.

The stuff that gets blown out of proportion here is unbelievable."
-here? You mean N4G? can't agree more.

"Side of an alien boob? Oh snap, let's make it tonight's 7pm feature story."
-It's not the sideboob that was the problem. It was that someone mistakenly thought it was some wild XXX Hardcore Porn game targeted at little kids. Once the truth was found out, no one gave a crap. neither should you. move on.

"And I'm sure the mom conveniently had no problem with them shooting up aliens, throwing grenades at soldiers, or blowing people's heads off. Yeah. That's f*cking normal."
-Huh? Reality check. Those things are "f*cking normal"...IN A VIDEOGAME, you're talking about videogames here right? Why should she, or anyone for that matter, have a problem. It's a videogame, you know, "make believe" it's not real, unlike the photos some pedofile sent to her kids. douche.

" There's no way in hell they'll ever see nudity or have sex in their lifetime, but I'm sure they'll be playing with an arsenal of weapons and murdering people."
-you fail.

[Premonition]

Kinda sucks for the kids and mom but this is the real world, you can walk down the street and see a nude poster if you wanted to, some things can be prevented to some point but things happen.

[JohnRico]

The only one to blame here is the mother if you ask me. She was not there to watch what her child was doing & she should have done her homework before getting XBOX Live & find out about its features & there are parental settings the mother can select & things like blocking pms from people you don't know etc. The mother is to blame here & she did not do her homework properly before getting Live

[THWIP]

It's really pathetic how many worthless parents there are in this country. How much do you want to bet, her kid was playing a Teen or Mature rated game?

[LJWooly]

The online component of every game is not rated by the ESRB, but if it was, all onine games would be rated 'M' for mature, becasue of the unpredictability of the gaming community. You never know for sure who you're playing, or what they're going to do.
Anyone could have worked that out, especially the mother. Therfore, a fair portion of the blame goes to her.

[robbo918]

The mom is only half to blame though, the other half lays at the feet of the pervs. I think many parents expect everyone else to raise their children for them, but I also think sexual predators are getting to be an epidemic. That Dateline special they ran not too long ago was funny and sad at the same time.

[killax3563]

Next thing you know, they'll have NC17 porn games on the Xbox 360.

[You bought an Xbox]

Playing uno naked
You sick freak !!!

[Ric Flair]

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[liquidsnake]

"And she has banned her children from using X-Box Live to protect them from becoming prey to online predators."

This was the absolute best thing she could possibly do.

[gEnKiE]

wOOt! Go Michigan!

[OpiZA]

Sensationalist BS.

[Eclipticus]

Jennifer now fears the safety of her children because she knows she will do piss job of raising them.

[NegativeCreepWA]

Parents need to use the parental controls so this doesn't happen. And then we can enjoy live without listening to their loud mouth kids.

[GCNSeanFoster]

Yeah. I tell you what.. I get on Xbox Live/PSN and hear little kids.. maybe 10-12 years old.. saying F this and F that, calling people words that I never knew a 10 year old knew... Its all on the parents...

[LJWooly]

The 'N-bomb' is the worst.

Everyone's big and clever when they're behind the safety of their Gamertag, but I'd liked to see how far a guy gets when he says it to a black guy's face.

It's a shame that the system put in place to prevent that sort of thing happening also prevents justice being dealt out to those who get away with it.

[ravenguard88]

The parents are to blame. What is their excuse? "My 12 year old son should know better!" Instead, it's more like "How the hell would my 12 year old son know better if I don't even understand this crap."

Xbox Live is a very good community for the most part, and the complaint system works very well. Every complaint filed is hand-checked and you don't need to have multiple complaints to cause you trouble, depending on the crime.

The main problem in any complaint system is the system doesn't give feedback to those who utilize it. In the end, you can say it makes no difference, but receiving and automated message back saying "Thank you, because of your actions *some guy* was banned from Xbox Live" would be very encouraging and make people feel like they're participating.

[LJWooly]

@ ravneguard:

That is a great idea. In fact, depending on the severity of the reported offence, there should be a little gift in it for you, like some Microsoft points, or something. People would deliberately go out to look for offenders to report in the hope of getting a reward, and the Live community would become very vigilant. Probably.

You get a bubble :)

I see I used my last bubble. Never done that beefore. Oh well, goodbye!!

[permutated]

I agree with most of you. Hearing the N word or F*g on XBL is the worst, especially when people are just yelling it at each other during COD4 or Halo 3 matches. Such a lack of respect.

I think that XBL should have the same word-identifier programs in place to combat hatred/racism that the government has to identify "violent" words on telephones. I don't agree with phone tapping though, just identifiers (Bomb, terrorist, etc).

Maybe if someone has enough reports and enough racist identifiers they could be IP banned for good.

Just a thought.

[K33GAN]

it's their own fault

[permutated]

Yeah, how dare they play video games online.

Grow up man.

[name]

It's funny that sex is viewed as worst than murder.

Sex: creates life
Murder: ends it

Sex= bad
Murder= ok

lol

[Eclipticus]

exactly. there is something definatly wrong with this society. like my article below, it is all about comfort level with adults.

[RecSpec]

"Video games are meant to be a haven mostly targeted towards children"

F*ck this story!

[permutated]

Lol, how old are you?

Obviously young enough to be offended by something like that.

[RecSpec]

Guess what, while you insult me about taking offense to statements like that. They are the reason the media and government officials are able to jump all over the industry.

Why explain this to you, you're just trying to start something. Sorry, pal.

[permutated]

3.2-

The reason that the "government" (it's actually the media) is all over gaming right now is because developers like Rockstar kick up controversy.

Motion activated murder, hidden sex scenes, cop killing, car stealing...

And you wonder why they say that video games are marketed to teens and children? Because violence and sex sells. You know what sex and violence are a product of? Insecurity and immaturity.

Look at pop music. Same garbage. Same sales record. Things that are off limits are always more marketable, just look at underage drinking and smoking, same effect.

If you can't see the connections between immaturity (younger age) and marketable controversy than you're lying to yourself.

[The Closing]

The media likes to sensationalize or even fabricate things of this nature. Not saying it doesn't happen, but the fingers are always pointed in the wrong place. Fact is Xbox live, and the majority of the internet is no place for kids. There is too much material for anyone to truly filter through it period. Also the kinds of online multiplayer games these kids usually on are not for kids in the first place. I've been in plenty of gears of wars matches with five yes FIVE year olds swearing like sailors, no joke. Kids are going to grow up sometime, but some good parenting will help ease the transition. What kind of games does xbox have for children anyhow? I mean really now. The blame lies solely on the parent who are at fault for not doing a little research, and not buying their kids a system like the wii in the first place. And what's most insane is the suppression of sexuality in at least American society, but the tolerance of violence. Things like this are most certainly the direct result of that.

Also the media who are heavily backed by people with money, and power like to point the fingers in all sorts of directions to take attention away from the real issues. This has been going on forever it's nothing new.

[Eclipticus]

i want to know what damage was done?

and seriously if the police think this was disturbing crime... where do they??

i mean yeah. its inappropriate, and PARENTS NEED to be aware of this, but there are some safe guards in place. are they 100% probably not but nothing is.

This is just blown out of proportion and sensationalized for the media. I am finding as I hear more and more about ratings and what not, it is all for the comfort level of the adults, and nothing to do with the children.

For Most, maybe not all, but children can cope with violence, nudity, and swearing just fine. they have the ability to know what is real and what is not. It is the parents who feel uncomfortable, because they arent prepared to talk to their children, and be parents.

Which is why more and more laws and regulations are coming out to do the job for parents.

[GCNSeanFoster]

I agree 100%

[GCO Gamer]

That just wrong

[GCNSeanFoster]

I am sorry, but parents should be monitoring what their kids play. Thats why Xbox 360 has parental guard on it (Xbox Live Family Settings)... If the parents took the time to do this , it never would have happened in the first place... Start the blame in the house and stop pointing the fingers at companies like Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo...

[Presentist]

As a parent I would never let my kids play games without first checking the parental controls or content.

Same with television, same with music.

[sumfood4u]

Never mind the person who broght the item! lmao ironic!

[Salvadore]

It wasn't like her son was subjected to nude images whenever he sign to XBOX Live and she should be thankful.

[Peppy la Moca]

Really... it will take less than five minutes for this "responsible" mother to go to the Xbox Live Controls on the system blade and turn off the ability to receive messages or talk to people online. This is a very avoidable predicament she finds herself in. If she really was concerned about the safety of her kids this wouldn't have happened. PARENT OF THE YEAR OVER HERE!

[Presentist]

I agree and disagree with you.

First off, it's her responsibility to understand and control her child and what he does, but it's been widely reported that most parents don't even understand or realize that there are parental controls available, as the feature wasn't streamlined before this console generation.

[ben806]

maybe some aspects of home should be split into two grids. one for under 18s to interact with each other and one for over 18s. that way if any parents find there kids looking at mature content they know its there kids doing and they cant blame sony.

[wow4u]

Yes, then every kid will lie and say he is over 18. Just as it is now...

[Presentist]

What about the pedophiles that just interact with the kids then?

Here's an easier idea: Passport# or Drivers License# to setup an XBL account.

That way we can monitor what people are playing online, and restrict gamers by ID# when they get out of hand, much like how pedophiles get blackballed in the real world.

Boom, fixed, done.

[I Love Xbox 360]

Discraceful u wud never see any thing like this on the wii or ps3 =[[

Lol Blind Fanboyism FTW

JUMP OUT AND PLAY B3YOND

[snoop_dizzle]

pertaining to xbl and not home...the mother is definetly responsible.

[Mr Playboy]

welcome back pal :)

[MaximusPrime]

this is another reason why you should avoid xbox live.

[BLUR111]

you ppl are poo's its a human body

[LJWooly]

poo's, lol.

Anyway, this could have happened on any online community. To be perfectly honest, I don't think the child was damged in any way whatsoever. I mean, why would he be? He's going to (hopefully) have sex with someone at some point! He may as well learn the anatomical features of the opposite sex now ;)

[Fat Bastard]

Ya, he might as well see it now since he will later in his life. And while he's at it, he'll also end up drinking and eventually dying so why wait?

[Mr Playboy]

they, already have pr0n0 clips in their cellphones... so whats the point of this article ???

[thekingofMA]

when people put a dash in Xbox?

[LJWooly]

X-box, X-box, X-box, X-box, X-box, X-box, X-box, X-box X-box, X-box, X-box, X-box X-box, X-box, X-box, X-box...

[thekingofMA]

i expected that so its cool

[Lew_Ijgee]

I work in a mental facility for child sex offenders. Kids who are exposed to sexual material and influences at early ages will have greatly increased chances of committing violent sexual acts against children younger than they are including their own siblings. I'm not saying Xbox Live is at fault because there are many others ways for this exposer to occur, and I regret now that this will only lead to another "video games are the devil" chant from the ignorant townspeople. PARENTS NEED TO DO YOUR JOBS.

About home, I'm not certain but I'm pretty sure that it will have to be rated by the ESRB, and I can't see it getting anything less than a teen rating.

I am willing to bet that these kids were playing Burnout Paradise which has an E-10 rating but lets you capture a picture of an opponent that you have taken down. If this is true I wonder if it may lead to EA being forced to pull the game and re-release it with a Teen rating or higher.

[Hentai]

You're wrong, nudity isn't sexual material.

[cloud360-7th_account]

i dont like your username

the future of the children using the internet is at risk

[rofldings]

"I am willing to bet that these kids were playing Burnout Paradise which has an E-10 rating but lets you capture a picture of an opponent that you have taken down. If this is true I wonder if it may lead to EA being forced to pull the game and re-release it with a Teen rating or higher."

Every online game states "Online portion not rated by ESRB"

If that were the case, almost all games would be rated M. Even burnout, because there's no telling what people say/do/capture online.

[LJWooly]

Well, you should know about that, considering your username...

Nah, I'm just kidding.

As long as the content isn't suggestive towards any sort of illegal sexual act, then it can't really do any damge to the kid's mind, regardless of what the mother might think.

People are to quick to let the law do the parenting for them.

[Hentai]

If you're using the internet, you're obvious at risk to many things. By using the internet, you sign a contract that you will accept responsibility.

[Lew_Ijgee]

@ 3.1 I never claimed nudity to be sexual material, but in this case it has great potential to be sexual. I'm only speaking from the experience of working with kids as young as 12 years old who have raped kids as young as 3, and the parents never had a clue.

@ 3.3 You have a good point I forgot about that portion of the labeling on the package. Once again that is an area where parents should make themselves more aware.

ONCE AGAIN: I'm not upset at all with the videogame. These parents need to just pay more attention to their kids (as this one did) and to what their kids are doing.

[GCNSeanFoster]

LOL... I bet the womans kid was playing Burnout Paradise, Whoever he was playing got fed up with the kids whining and the dude mooned the camera... Gave the kid the old sideways smiley-face ;)

[SpaceCowgirl]

Quick somebody call Chris Hansen!

[Hentai]

Her kids saw some naked ladies, what damage can it do?

[RecSpec]

Possible scenario: "Mommy, look! You're on TV!"

[Extra Guy]

Stupid parent. I can understand being worried but a ban on her children is unnecessary. As for damage I doubt some nude images could damage any child who plays games over live. As long as the the person at the other end didn't know any info about them then they were safe from that person. A simple block and complaint would have been enough. The kids probably stayed up watching porn anyway.

[1-800-4MY-XBOX]

1-800-4MY-XBOX for all your coffin needs.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

1-800-PS3-WAIT

[Alcaponeyou]

originality please

[wow4u]

Guys, this kind of stupid story isnt any good for GAMERS of any kind. Be they PS3 or Xbox 360 owners (PSN or LIVE).

I would like to ask you to set aside the normal flamewars that go on around here. Lets send polite emails to the news director: [email protected]

Explaining that their article was Inaccurate for the following:

* Halo 3 has no video capability, Halo 3 clearly has nothing to do with it.
* Biased against adult gamers
* The Children had to *accept* the message from someone, the usual "avoid strangers"
* The parent called, Xbox LIVE who said "I cant do anything about it". Why is that? My guess is she turned off the machine BEFORE she checked who sent the message.
* Xbox LIVE has a very robust player review system, that allows you to block or avoid people in the future - and report EXACTLY this behaviour directly from the machine. It is the "File Complaint" method.
* Xbox LIVE is divided into "Zones" - She should check what Zone her children are in Recreational? Family? Pro? Underground?

The reporter's name was Katherine Jones, her email is [email protected]
Again, the News Director's email is [email protected]

6 News
2820 East Saginaw Street
Lansing, MI 48912

Main Phone: [phone]
News Phone: [phone]

Call and ask for Katherine Jones or the News Director.

Here is the contact us page:
http://www.wlns.com/Global/...

[Presentist]

In reference to your article about the mother who viewed pornography being displayed on her child's Xbox 360 via Xbox Live.

I just wanted to point out a few things that you mis-reported.

* This article is very biased against adult gamers, gaming is something that's taken seriously by many people outside of college, such as myself: who wish to make it a career, and a basis of income for my future family. Many successful and respectable businessmen play games as a daily part of their lives.

* The Children had to accept the message from someone, the default would be to "avoid strangers". Subjecting themselves to material sent by another user can easily be changed in the user preferences 'blade' on the Xbox 360, thus disallowing communication between players.

* Xbox LIVE has a very robust player review system, that allows you to block or avoid people in the future. Much in the same way we can report spam, it was her responsibility report this behavior directly from the machine. It is the "File Complaint" method.

* Halo 3 has no video capability, therefor Halo 3 clearly has nothing to do with it.

* As a caring and involved parent, it is the mother's responsibility to understand the nature of the system and the benefits that it offers through Parental Controls. Not doing so makes her liable for anything that her child might encounter in an unregulated service. Only users with reported offenses can be tracked and therefor be taken care of. By understanding the options that Microsoft has included in the system, we can help our children before they are subjected to offenses like these. It is OUR responsibility as parents to do so.

* Xbox LIVE is divided into "Zones" - She should check what Zone her children are in: Recreational? Family? Pro? Underground? This divides the gamers into classifiable zones which can protect them from situations like these.

Please don't make the same mistake other reporters have made and blackball your site from the vast majority of adult gamers who take these kind of false accusations seriously.

I look forward to your reply.

Thank you,
(Contact removed)

[giososc]

wow they saw a nude photograph, these children will be forever traumitized. and i agree with Kar33m. its over-exaggerated.

[WINZLOW]

you have to be at least 18 years of age to be on the psn network regardless. if there is kids runing around just report them right then and there. psn is not aimed for kids only adults. go ahead and disagree with me. it just shows you ignorance. when you register your account for the playstation network, you are under a contract and one of the terms and agreements is that you are an adult. go ahead disagree

[meepmoopmeep]

no, you're right you need to be an adult to register for PSN.
But you can register anyone under 18 as long as you're over 18 yourself and so there will be a lot of younger people on PSN as well.

[Elginer]

someone saw a tity, they are now scarred for life LOL, LAMEZ

[t-0_ot-]

1-800-4MY-XBOX - It's nice to know that you can have a normal conversation with someone else.. Are you like 5 or something?

MaximusPrime - Oh, yes, because this can't happen any where else.
I hope you don't get a nude picture from a dude that weighs 500 lbs.
Well, actually you'd probably like it...

[Dann7978]

Will let their kids play online by themselves.I would at least let my kid play online when he is 13 or if im watching him

[GETPWNZORED]

True story. I was playing that PSU demo a while back, and some woman randomly sent me a nude pic of her breastises. I don't think I can ever move on with my life...

"And while Microsoft, the maker of X-Box, does give ways to deal with offensive players online, Jennifer says the damage to her children from this incident has already been done."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAH Damage already been done? LMFAO. Since when did seeing humans in their natural form damage anyone???? F*cking churchy slut mother. probably takes it up the azz every night with a big black dildo.

[LJWooly]

Ok, banana pervert, calm down. There's no need to say things like that, although it did make me laugh a bit.

[I Love Xbox 360]

"True story. I was playing that PSU demo a while back, and some woman randomly sent me a nude pic of her breastises. I don't think I can ever move on with my life..."
Lol couldn't stop laughing for like 5 mins lol Bubbles !

[Imalwaysright]

As an european this story amazes me. I dont know about other European countries but in mine this would NEVER be in a news channel or a newspaper... The American mentality to me is weird to say the very least. Almost everyone is allowed to have a gun and in some states there is death penalty but if a boob is shown is the end of the world... oh noes i saw Janet Jackson nipple ... The horror.

[WINZLOW]

dont point the finger and say its americans only. this country is full of immigrants. so its not just americans in this country, its a bunch of weirdos ruining it for the Americans.

[Lumbo]

Sorry, but unless you are a native American (sioux, Navaro etc) your comment makes no sense.

Except the handful remaining native Americans ALL Americans are immigrants or kids of immigrants.

[meepmoopmeep]

Xbox Live is in just as much blame as the Internet as a whole. No matter what you do to prevent things like this to happen, it will happen. There's no way around it unless you drop off the radar and live in a hut in the mountains.

placing blame on Live is retarded but i've heard it can get pretty bad on there.

[Silellak]

Nude pictures on XBox Live?!

Oh...my...god...

...clearly I'm friends with the wrong people, cuz I'm not getting ANY of those.

[RadientFlux]

I also fear for Jennifer's children.

I just thank god I grew up in a household where my parents monitored what I watched and if I did see the odd nude person it was explained to me and didn't have to watch my parents go nuts.

[Skerj]

Wow that's how you get rid of kids in online gaming services? *crafty stare*

She should have used the parental control features in the system instead of letting her kids roam all over live freely to hang with the "cream of the crop" of our generation.

[djroberts]

I can't judge this until I see the pictures for myself ;)

[ElementX]

Maybe you shouldn't view images or video from people you don't know. It could happen on an instant messenger program on a computer. They are video capable also.

[Delt4]

I sure hope those kids never have to see REAL BOOBIES!!! Imagin the damage it would cause!! maybe we should make ribbons and a foundation for these children.. The Foundation For Kids That Have Seen A Pair Of tits" the motto could be something like...... Its not cancer, but it will give you a hard on

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Why do parents use companies as scape goats for their own mistakes? I guess it's easer than accepting responsibility for your own stupidity. "yes your honor, I did leave a loaded gun on the table in front of my five year old child, BUT... IT'S THE GUN COMPANY'S THAT MADE MY CHILD SHOOT MY HUSBAND. SUE! SUE! SUE!"

[Ice2ms]

Yeah its like obese people blaming McDonalds for being fat lol.

McDonalds Should Have A Big Sign Saying "Please Eat This Food At Your Own Risk"

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

hahaha

[Says you]

that is the corporation that has a working console stated that home is going to have safety settings on it and for the morons that agreed with him doesn't know jack crap! about home other wise you would know that by now they already thoroughly think this through you think they wouldn't put that there Jack T is just another fan of the broken down system that breaks alot.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

?

[Fux4Bux]

Um aren't you not supposed to be on XBL if you're under 13 period? Not to mention they were probably playing an M rated game. XBL and many videogames are definitely not targeting children these days.

[espoac]

Her kids are playing a game intended for 17+year old individuals where you kills things, and she's concerned about a butt, a boob or a penis. Regardless, it's the parent's job to monitor their child's activity not Microsoft's. And still, most companies like Sony and Microsoft go above and beyond to protect kids that shouldn't even be playing online. There's only so much companies can do to protect kids before they start to hurt the experience of paying adults.

[Obama]

It's 3 am and your children are watchin nude pictures on xboxlive. Who do you want to prevent this from happening?

I am Barack Obama and I approve this message.

[GIJeff]

thinks all gamers are slackers. i hate him.

[Kugar77]

x...-...box... haha this article is stupid and pathetic, i have no sympathy for any mother who takes their sons' controllers away when he's gaming. p

[GIJeff]

until "braining" gets news coverage. To those who dont know, getting brained is when someone shows you a pic of their balls against your will. My friend was brained over live and it was hilarious. I honestly don't think kids should be on the internet at all. I think live and PSN's communication aspects should be limited to MA or AO.

[XxCYONIDExX]

This is why there are parental controls. She can block it to where her children don't even receive this stuff. As for the officer talking about video. You cant do video chat unless they're on your friends list.

[slymaddox]

The fewer little kids online the better.

[Genuine]

If the childrens mother had used the parental control features of the 360, this could have likely been avoided. I use them with my little boy. He can't recieve voice, picture, or text messages from anyone, except the people on his friends list. Another layer to that is that before anyone can be added to his friends list, I have to input a passcode, this gives me time to take look at this person. I can't blame this woman for how she handled things after the incident, but if she had been a little more careful when setting up her kids account, the whole thing could have probably been avoided.

[heyheyhey]

OMG!!! OMG!!! WAT IZ TEH WORLD 2 DO NAO?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!

you guys do realize that nearly every child has seen a naked female body by the age of 8 and porn by the age of 10

hell i know a kid that actively watches porn- and he's 7

turning this kind of thing into an "outrage" is just so pathetic

[PMR_21]

FILTHY xbots

[poopface1]

the lady shouldent let her kids use live, duhhhhh. this is the parents fault, not microsoft. Now shell stop them from playing xbox and thell go look up some porn on the computer. It seems like some people have just descovered the internet. NewsFLASH, now we have to see it just cause it says xbox on it. IS this a gamer site of is this fox news. This site gets lamer and lamer with each crap story I see on it.

[DevastationEve]

Funny thing about porn is that...you still peek behind your hand anyway. Metatphor for how ever much we red-tape and brick-wall the subject, there's always that nagging itch to break it all down again. It's just easier to confront it and just accept it.

Oh, kids? They need to locked in their rooms with no ethernet/wi-fi/DSL/cable or phone. And their hot girl next door neighbor needs to stop dressing in front of windows.

[Electronic Arts]

Jason 360

TheMART at Xboxkings

power of green

[ASSASSYN 36o]

And biggest fans of all those mentioned. You and every other ps3 fan.

[Tyrael]

Video games portray fake deaths. I guess it would make sense that you would see fake tits too. :-)

[ultraviolentz]

hmmm... i doon't think they said whether it was a picture of a man or a woman... in that case, that article is inhernetly flawed starting with that very reason

[Monty_The_Great]

see the fanboys come out. Stop trying to act like xbox live is bad or psn is better. I don't know if any of you have ever been on this little thing called the world wide web. But you be 100% sure that anyone that has access to the internet can get to a porn site much easier than on xbox live. Why make these articles? What there is bad stuff on the web? You can find porn? i would of never guessed.

[DrWan]

is not necessarily bad for children. Of course the story never said the age of the children, if they are like..teens. what the heck, let them watch porn i say. Curiosity shall be explored in a safe environment lol

[Legion]

My kids have an account I setup. I used all the options that the XBox gave me and restricted access to their accounts. No one can see any information on them. I control their friends list and I monitor their activity.

ANY Live internet service should be monitored, no different then giving a kid a mouse and keyboard and throwing them on the internet. If you don't monitor their activities then you the parent are to blame. I would look at her as the criminal no different then if she had taken her kids and dropped them off at an internet cafe and said "Have fun".

[hamsterfist]

Why is this news???? Clearly the kids have access to the internet, and could access or be sent nude photos without Xbox Live, so how is this Lives' fault? Isn't this really an issue about the internet overall? Lastly, female gamers (18+) feel free to send your xbox live nude photos to Master Pwnd =)

[donscrillinger]

nude.... why iz it that here in america we hate the human body ..this iz how you came in this iz how you leave ..police those who don't separate sane from logic...this is crazy.so next the parents will blame muzic for plbs in the world

[Skizelli]

Just another example that video games != baby sitters. Especially with all the foul mouths online.

I don't know where this person gets their facts regarding games being mostly targeted for children, but the average gamer is in their 30s. It's not just a child's hobby anymore.

What's even more absurd is how nudity is frowned upon. So long as it's not of pornographic nature, I don't see a problem with nudity. I see it as an art form and it should be thought of as such. Don't get me wrong, I love me some porn. But I'm also a grown, sad and lonely man. Obviously, in this case, however, I think it was uncalled for. That stuff doesn't belong on Xbox Live.

Lastly, "X-Box"? :\

[MikeTheCapo]

Im sure you can do the same with the ps3 web camera you can send messages to other users

N4g is very anti 360 wow

and Parents should really monitor the way there kids play games this call is due to poor parenting

[kosha]

praying on little children like that is just sick and is giving online gaming a bad name

[Noodlecup]

Where the scum of America roams free :)

[Skizelli]

It's not just limited to America. Europeans and Australians throw in their fair share.