Hi
@Pandemic. Thank you for your concerns on this issue. What iLoveJesus did to a newly 18 year old chatter in VGC is nothing short of reprehensible. He has been banned for his actions, but unfortunately the ban system within Chat Avenue has its limitations. Both his account and his IP address have been banned, but that doesn’t stop him from logging in with guest accounts on new IP addresses. Every time he is seen in chat, yet another one of his IP addresses is banned. The mods and admin know to keep an eye out for him, and we remove him as promptly as we can. Thankfully guest ******** in VGC are unable to post images or videos, so that at least prevents him from continuing to spread explicit content without the creator’s consent – but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating. I know it’s frustrating seeing him log in every day and the VGC staff shares in those same frustrations.
We do not background check the ******** who enter chatrooms, so there is no safeguard in place from stopping ******** with backgrounds of violent crimes from entering chat. We likewise do not police who uses chatrooms based on their criminal history. However, if he has committed a crime in a chat room, that absolutely can be reported. Although the Chat Avenue staff tends to focus most of their efforts on reporting cyber crimes against children, there are also reporting agencies for cyber crimes against adults. This issue can be reported via the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 (
https://www.ic3.gov/Home/FileComplaint) or through FBI Tips (
https://tips.fbi.gov/contact). I imagine one of the UMs will promptly edit my post to not include links, but the first link that shows up when you search both of those names should direct you accordingly. This issue is best reported by the victim it applies to, but I would imagine a federal tip line would allow for the admin of the chat or well-meaning witnesses to make a report as well.
Thanks again for caring.