Genesee County Sheriff holds virtual townhall on internet safety

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) -”Their entire life is text messaging back and forth with other people. And so do you know who your child is messaging direct messaging, having conversations with?” said Voice for Children, Executive Director, Nyse Holloman. It’s a question the Genesee County Sheriff and his partners at Voices for Children want parents to know the answer to prevent a child from becoming a victim of a sexual predator. “Let me introduce you yo Lucas Gatewood is 26 years old. This in Lansing 80 miles from where we are right this very moment, he met a victim on Snapchat. The victim was innocent.” said Genesee County Sheriff, Chris Swanson. Thursday, Sheriff Chris Swanson held a GHOST virtual town hall to talk about how predators are finding their victims on social media– including some newer apps being used. “There’s snapchat, Instagram, Facebook messenger. Everybody says Facebook is dead. it’s not. A lot of the conversations we see is strictly through Facebook messenger. And Snapchat the big story out there, is I can send something and it will disappear. That’s not true,” said Voices for Children is a child advocacy organization serving Genesee and Shiawassee Counties.The group’s Executive Director Nsye Holloman…
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