Worst Fears

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Empowering Kids

Is Privacy Dead?

Research

“ So first fact is that the predominant online sex crime victims are not young children. They are teenagers. There’s almost no victims in the sample that we collected from – a representative sample of law enforcement cases that involved the child under the age of 13.”

73 % of crimes… victim said “they were in love” http://flickr.com/photos/atouchofcolor/

73 % of crimes…

victim said “they were in love”

“ Our research, actually looking at what puts kids at risk for receiving the most serious kinds of sexual solicitation online, suggests that it’s not giving out personal information that puts kid at risk. It’s not having a blog or a personal website that does that either.”

“ What puts kids in danger is being willing to talk about sex online with strangers or having a pattern of multiple risky activities on the web like going to sex sites and chat rooms, meeting lots of people there, kind of behaving in what we call like an internet daredevil .”

“… three and seven percent of young people are targeted by frequent bullying on the internet and text messaging. By frequent I mean at least once a month or more often.”

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55% Teens have online profiles

65% Of teens have private settings