"To Catch a Predator" relies on the work of anonymous members of a group that calls itself Perverted Justice who pose online as underage children to lure pedophiles and others into online sexual chats with "minors" and set up meetings with them at locations where Dateline cameras can swoop in to catch them on tape. If you don't have time to read the whole article, the San Francisco Chronicle also has a story out today listing some of those ethical issues. Apropos to my earlier DefCon story about the NBC Dateline producer who was caught at the hacker conference with a hidden camera in her purse trying to "Catch a Hacker," Esquire magazine has an exposé in its September issue that looks at ethical issues around Dateline's ratings-magnet series, "To Catch a Predator." (You can also read a transcript of the Esquire writer's contentious interview with "Catch a Predator" host, Chris Hansen.)
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