Social Networks
The Social Network Sites advertise a place for friends. The sites allow children and adults to post pictures, profiles, write about themselves, communicate to friends, and search for new music as well as new friends based on their mutual interests.
The Social Network Sites have become virtual communities that have taken the internet by storm. One site is now the second most popular site in the world, boasting 69+ million individuals and growing.
On Social Network Sites, teens build personal Web pages with photographs of themselves, blogs and personal information that anyone can view. Many include extensive surveys and biographies, often revealing a teen's birth date, hometown and school. Some even include their e-mail address, screen name and cell phone number.
It doesn't take much for someone who has devious intentions to be able to find out who these kids are, where they're going, what they're doing after school and so on. This practice poses a very severe danger when it gets into the hands of the wrong person.
Internet safety experts say predators are always lurking on the Web, especially on social Network sites. Social Network Sites are especially dangerous because they are repositories for a vast amount of information, where blogs co-exist with photo albums and community message boards—all for wrong person to access.
When children post personal information on Social Network Sites they can be viewed as a virtual online shopping catalog for pedophiles.
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