Wii Game Console Can Be Used As Porn Portal

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Kids all over the country put Nintendo’s Wii at the top of their wish list. But, as we found out there’s much more they can see on the games besides golf or tennis. It was the hot item on Christmas lists but it can also be portal for porn!

Here’s what you need to know, and how to keep your kids safe.

When moms Marty Mata and Laurel Auerbacher bought the Wii game console for their kids, they never thought that they could access sexually-oriented web sites on the internet as well.

“Absolutely not,” says Marty Mata. “I would have never imagined that. That’s why we keep the computer here where we could see them.”

Laurel Auerbacher says, “The sole reason for buying it was to keep our kids off the internet.”

Auerbacher was especially concerned after she discovered that her son and some of his friends had found inappropriate web sites on the computer.

Not only can your child access porn along with their favorite games, the porn industry is advertising to target those toys.

What’s worse some porn sites are advertising they are Wii friendly. Their screens have reportedly been reconfigured to fit the Wii and the Playstation 3 and the news is spreading.

Just take a look at this blog on YouTube where one person shows others how to get porn on Wii.

In fact, in a study published in February’s pediatrics magazine more children and teens are being exposed to online porn.

42% of internet users ages 10-17 told University of New Hampshire researchers they had seen online porn in a twelve month period.

That news is very disturbing to these moms.

“It’s just one more added worry to being a parent,” says Laurel.

Now there are some things you can do to protect your children. The Wii does have built in parental controls where kids would need a pin number to access content on the internet.

In a statement a spokesman for Wii told us:
“Nintendo firmly believes that parents should be empowered to control what’s right for their family and has provided a parental controls option as a standard feature of the Wii system. This setting allows parents to control access to games and online content enabled by the Wii system.”

Whether it is a computer or a game console the key to keeping your child safe and from seeing what you don’t want them to see is supervision.

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