Pedobear

[3] Another common use of the character was to mock or otherwise signal the posting of borderline child erotica content,[3][4] sometimes with references to the FBI or Chris Hansen, the host of the TV show To Catch a Predator.

[7] On 3 July 2009, Canadian artist Michael R. Barrick created two composite images[8] depicting Pedobear grouped together with the mascots of 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

[10] Other uses of Pedobear include an iStockphoto wallpaper,[10] a cover of the auto magazine Import Tuner,[10] and a flyer of a costume store in Portland, Oregon, which accidentally featured a Pedobear-like figure.

It also issued a bulletin: Since the Comic Con, law enforcement in San Diego... has come across PedoBear's image in situations during which they were contacting those that exploit and/or abuse children.

John Adams of the Tulsa Police Department Child Exploitation Unit falsely told local television stations KOKI-TV and KOTV that the person wearing the costume was a registered sex offender, a claim which was later retracted.

[14][15][16] On March 22, 2011, the blog Urlesque posted a photograph of a coupon book advertisement for "CP Distributor", a computer repair business in Polk County, Florida, that prominently featured the Pedobear image.

[20] On July 19, 2012, the Nestlé food company took down the inaugural Instagram photo from its Kit Kat chocolate bar's Facebook page because it featured a person dressed as a bear that some Internet users quickly pointed out resembled the Pedobear cartoon.