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11 Jul 09
Tom KrieglsteinNice set of data on how IM and Chat rooms are more dangerous than SNS. Also has some parenting tips
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most of the unwanted solicitation actually happens in chat rooms and via instant messaging, a new study finds.
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only 15 percent of children experience unwanted sexual solicitation and only a third report being harassed online,
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But we found that instant messaging was more frequently cited than social networking sites as places for unwanted sexual solicitation and harassment
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15 percent said they had an unwanted sexual solicitation. Only one-fourth of these occurred on a social networking site
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33 percent said they were harassed online. About one-fourth of the incidents occurred on a social networking site.
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43 percent of unwanted sexual solicitations occurred via instant messaging, and 32 percent occurred in chat rooms. Harassment was most common with instant messaging, which accounted for 55 percent, the researchers found.
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rather than focusing on the technology, the focus should be placed on the children themselves. "We need to stop worrying about social networking sites and pay more attention to what young people are doing online generally
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"We need to stop trying to scare our kids. We need to start having real conversations,"
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"We need to help parents understand it's not about social networking sites, it's about monitoring what's going on," Ybarra said. "Just as you should know where your child is after school, you should know where they go online."
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The fear of social networking sites has lead one state to propose a law that would attempt to bar sex offenders from these sites.
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11 Jul 08
Gwenn OKeeffeFRIDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- While social networking Web sites such as MySpace and Facebook have been singled out as places where teens could face sexual harassment, most of the unwanted solicitation actually happens in chat rooms and via instant me
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16 Feb 08
Sheryl A. McCoynew study finding where online bullying and other safety problems really occur
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