I recently warned parents about the dangers of social media, having to do with the fact that social media has been engineered to addict people, resulting in all sorts of emotional and psychological problems for children and teens. Earlier this week, it was reported that Meta and Google were found negligent in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, potentially setting the stage for dozens of similar lawsuits that have been brought against Big Tech companies.
Unfortunately, there are also some nefarious things happening in the world of online gaming platforms, where sexual predators hide hoping to lure children into some very dark places. One company, Roblox, is being prosecuted because the company allegedly misled parents about the safety of their platform.
How bad is it? Children as young as 13 years old can visit a virtual Epstein’s Island, strip clubs, and a Sean Diddy freak off!
These platforms, which are visited by millions of people who can remain virtually anonymous, make it extremely difficult for authorities to identify and apprehend the predators.
What’s even worse is that here in California and in other blue states, predators who have been caught and sentenced are eligible to be released from prison after only having served a small portion of their sentence.
As reported by Fox News, using California’s Megan’s Law website in 2022, the Daily Mail found that more than 7,000 sex offenders convicted of “lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age” were released from prison within a year of being convicted.
Moreover, you can thank Democrats in Sacramento for giving one serial pedophile, Gregory Lee Vogelsang, a chance to reoffend even though he was given a 355-years-to-life sentence for sexually abusing children as young as five years old.
Due to a bill signed into law by Gavin Newsom, Vogelsang, who kidnapped and molested more than two dozen victims, could end up walking free after having served a mere 27 years of a 355 years-to-life sentence.
The bill (AB 3234) made it possible for a 50-year-old person who has served 20 consecutive years to qualify for a parole hearing.
Vogelsang, in November of 2025, was granted parole. However, after a hue and cry arose, the parole was temporarily rescinded, and the case was referred back to the Board of Parole Hearings for further review.
Another perv, David Allen Funston, was convicted in 1999 of kidnapping and molesting eight children in the Sacramento area and sentenced to three consecutive life terms. Funston was also granted parole under California’s Elderly Parole Program in February. Thankfully, however, just hours before he was due for release, law enforcement responded by slapping Funston with new charges stemming from an alleged child sexual assault that happened in Roseville in 1996.
Why did they wait to charge him on this case?
Because back in 1999, they figured he had already been sentenced to life in prison. But that all changed when he was granted parole.
Katy Grimes, of the California Globe, noted while reporting on these stories, that Newsom not only signed the heinous bill, but he also appointed or reappointed all the members of the California Parole Board. She also revealed that AB 3234 was a gut-and-amend bill passed in 2020 entirely on party lines without a hearing or notice to the public.
Gut-and-amend is a phrase used to describe a monstrous practice in our state legislature. Most every bill is typically heard first in various committees before it is voted for or against on the floor of the senate and the assembly. Gut-and-amend takes a bill that made it through that normative process and strips it of all language, replacing it with content that has never been heard or debated.
It should be called bait and switch.
Please call our local State Senator Monique Limon (916-651-4021) and the Governor (916-445-2841) and inform them that it is imperative they insist that individuals convicted of child molestation and other violent crimes do not receive early release, and that they be compelled to serve their complete sentences.
It is the only decent thing to do.
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