Society is starting to open its eyes to the prevalence of online predators who lurk in cyberspace looking to befriend willing young Web surfers. Still, many of the organizations working to spread awareness worry that people are realizing the dangers too late. Instead of working proactively with these groups or using their resources to research the problem for themselves, most parents are learning about it through news stories on sting operations in which deputies pose as teenagers online, said Jeff Powell, executive director of the National Child Safety Foundation.
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Taking Off Blinders to the Threat of Online Sexual Predators
Posted by: Alexandra DeFelice May 9, 2006 05:00 AMSociety is starting to open its eyes to the prevalence of online predators who lurk in cyberspace looking to befriend willing young Web surfers. Still, many of the organizations working to spread awareness worry that people are realizing the dangers too late. Instead of working proactively with these groups or using their resources to research the problem for themselves, most parents are learning about it through news stories on sting operations in which deputies pose as teenagers online, said Jeff Powell, executive director of the National Child Safety Foundation.