First published at 16:14 UTC on June 9th, 2019.
Federal officials arrested technology reporter Peter Bright after the journalist allegedly told an undercover FBI agent he wanted to molest the agent’s young children.
Bright, 38, covered Microsoft and other tech-related subjects for Ars Technica b…
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Federal officials arrested technology reporter Peter Bright after the journalist allegedly told an undercover FBI agent he wanted to molest the agent’s young children.
Bright, 38, covered Microsoft and other tech-related subjects for Ars Technica before being arrested on May 22, according to the Daily Dot. Bright posted his last story at the outlet on May 21.
An undercover FBI agent made contact with Bright on KinkD, a social media platform for people with sex fetishes such as bondage, according to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Bright, under the name “randomanon,” messaged the agent who claimed to be a mother looking for someone to teach her 7-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son about “the birds and the bees.”
Through a series of messages on KinkD and WhatsApp, Bright and the agent talked about the “lessons,” often using euphemisms for what the agent understood to be sexual activity.
“I think masturbation and, [sic] anal sex are probably my favorite subjects. Helping girls find those special places to touch, it’s very rewarding,” Bright told the agent when asked what he is good at “teaching.”
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Bright also allegedly admitted to the undercover agent that he has been “teaching” another girl for months.
“I have a girl I’ve been teaching off and on for a couple of months now,” Bright wrote. “But she’s in the Bronx, which makes the logistics much harder.”
The FBI arrested the technology journalist as he was going to what he believed to be a meet-up between him and the undercover agent posing as a mother. The court denied Bright bail.
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