These criminal cases involving Kik are not unique to the northwest Florida area, and criminal cases involving the app have been happening for years. Pensacola man charged with 600 counts of sexual assault on a child McClure later also admitted he was engaged in a child exploitation enterprise with others on Kik who were working together to victimize multiple minors across the country during 20. McClure pled guilty after an undercover FBI agent witnessed him distributing images of child pornography on the app.

Boone of Shalimar pled guilty to child pornography charges after an undercover FBI agent witnessed him live-streaming sexual images of a child on Kik. Last week, two men in northwest Florida pled guilty to producing and distributing child pornography on the Kik app. In that case, the investigator spoke with 36-year-old Michael Dean Hawley for five days, and during the online chat, Hawley asked for and sent nude photos to the investigator. Just this week, a North Carolina man is charged with mutliple counts of cruelty toward a child after chatting with an Okaloosa County investigator posing as a teenage girl on the Kik app. With the veil of anonymity, Kik can become a stomping ground for predators to exploit children. By enabling people to identify themselves only by an invented username, it provides more anonymity than services such as WhatsApp, which connects people through their phone numbers. Kik enables people to message each other one-on-one or in group chats, and to share photos, videos, and other content. Like Instagram, Snapchat, and other messaging rivals, Kik provides free, easy, and instant connections to other users anywhere. But with its popularity also comes the danger of predators. ( WKRG) - Kik is a smartphone messenger app popular among younger teens.

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