FBI Issues Barbie Child Porn Warning Over Doll With Camera
The FBI has raised concerns that a Barbie doll featuring a video camera could be used by pedophiles. A memo to investigators warned that the Barbie Video Girl could be used for the “production and possession of child pornography. Mattel has said that they are unaware of the doll being at the center of any child pornography cases. The doll has a USB plug-in on it that can allow recorded content to be uploaded to a PC and then moved onto the internet.
The doll’s camera can capture 30 minutes of footage, and the video can be downloaded and streamed live to a computer, but there is no indication it can be streamed directly to the Internet, the FBI alert said. The notice is written for law agencies only, but someone at the FBI mistakenly sent it to media outlets in Seattle, said Dupre of the FBI’s Sacramento, California, office, which distributed the notice.Toymaker Mattel said in a statement that its “products are designed with children and their best interests in mind. Many of Mattel’s employees are parents themselves and we understand the importance of child safety — it is our number one priority.”
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