Heard a disturbing thing on CBC Radio in Toronto this morning.  (Sorry, I can't seem to find the link to the report). 

It was a report that York Region Police investigators have discovered a disturbing trend in internet crimes involving kids.  More and more of the child pornography being found on the net is actually produced by teenagers themselves.  In some cases, it is a teenager posting pictures of sexual acts and pornographic pictures of a companion (boyfriend, girlfriend).  In many other cases, it is pornographic imagery made of themselves - possibly in an attempt to get attention. In most cases, the imagery is posted on peer-to-peer networks to be shared among friends, but older pedophiles are finding these images, scooping them and trading them among themselves. 

One unidentified teenage girl was interviewed in the report saying that it is common among her friends to take at the very least suggestive pictures (and often more than just suggestive) and post them in the hopes of finding a "cute guy" to date.  She went on to say that "it never occured to her" that older men might be trolling these sites for these images and trading them around the world.  While the imagery being transmitted is bad enough, the truly scary thing is that sexual predators have an "easy target" when they find a girl or boy who has posted these images in the hopes of finding a companion and arranging for a contact is too easy. 

York Region Police ended the story saying that in their opinion teenagers should not be able to access web-cams (at least without supervision) and that computers should be in a common area of the house, not a teenagers bedroom.  Practical and sound advice!