Soap star talks about web safety
Corrie's Internet stalker victim Sarah-Louise Platt today urged other teenagers to beware.Actress Tina O'Brien, who plays the schoolgirl mum, was highlighting the dangers of online chatrooms during a series of school visits.Along with Beverley Hughes, Home Office Minister and chairwoman of the Government's taskforce on Child Protection on the Internet, they were pressing home the importance of staying safe online.Sarah-Louise is lured into...
Net puts perverts in kids' bedrooms
THOUSANDS of youngsters flirt in online chatrooms every day -- and every day cyber-sleazes are slipping into their lives. The Internet's dual promise of anonymity and intimacy makes it a perfect vehicle for perverts. All they need to reach into your child's bedroom is a computer and an Internet connection.Youngsters have no idea who they are talking to. It could be another 10 year old -- or a sexual deviant. And they may not find out until it is too late, as young...
ANY CIRCLE OF VIRTUAL FRIENDS CAN GROW TIGHTER, THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY
Once the province of teenagers lying their way to happiness in America Online chatrooms, instant messaging has gone mainstream, with free software that lets any Internet user carry on real-time written conversations.Home users can wade through the several million people who are on-line each night, finding the friends, acquaintances and family members they want to chat with. Professional users have an alternate venue to a conference call (some of the clients can accommodate instant chatting...
Deviants use
internet to
target teens
VULNERABLE teenagers using online chatrooms may be putting themselves in danger from perverts and deviants who stalk the net, police say. Diamond Creek sexual offence and child abuse unit's Sgt Peter Turner said police suspected there were more teenagers being targeted in Greensborough, Macleod and Heidelberg after a recent incident with a schoolgirl and an older man.A 34-year-old man is being investigated for having a sexual relationship with an underage girl.Sgt Turner...