MySpace claimed almost 5 million registered users in 2005, and that number has grown to exceed 70 million today. Though currently the most popular, MySpace is only one of a number of social networking sites online, and their attractiveness to teens and pre-teens has spawned worry over a growing Internet menace. One in five kids ages 10 to 17 have received a sexual solicitation through the Internet, according to “Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation’s Youth,” a study conducted in 2000 by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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The Pandora’s Box of Social Networking
Posted by: Meryl K. Evans May 31, 2006 05:00 AMMySpace claimed almost 5 million registered users in 2005, and that number has grown to exceed 70 million today. Though currently the most popular, MySpace is only one of a number of social networking sites online, and their attractiveness to teens and pre-teens has spawned worry over a growing Internet menace. One in five kids ages 10 to 17 have received a sexual solicitation through the Internet, according to “Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation’s Youth,” a study conducted in 2000 by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.