The Man With No Soul
I have already spoken about the unstoppable transparency on the Internet, and the impossibility to control the data about us. But one of the most serious consequences is that someone can take advantage of this. For exemple, it is widely known that paedophiles use the Internet to met children on MSN for example. They make the most of the naivety of children who surf on social networks to make friends pretending to be a 13-year-old girl and hiding behind an avatar. This cyber crime is totally due to a carelessness from the parents but also from the websites...Yet, we all know these crimes happen all the time and the young victims' lives are often taken away.
On the other hand, teenagers don't seem to be aware of their image on the web. Social networks are full of dating sections where they publish snaps and information about them. For example, MyLol is a social network and dating website aimed at teenagers. Users have the option to add unlimited photos to their profiles. These can be commented on by other users, as well as rated upon a 5 star basis, and this can increase your popularity points. Of course, they all want to be the more popular teenager, thus, they add a lot of increasingly provocative and catchy photos...that can include clothes off.
That's why parents begin to be afraid of their lovely children's growing interest for these networks. They tried to forbid their progeny to surf on the evil web, but too late... the Internet is everywhere even at school.
Recently, Apple has commercialized an Iphone application to show you registered sex offenders living around you : it's called Offender Locator, and except in California you can check the exact addresses of registered paedophiles in the whole USA. Ok, it's a gadget, but it's the beginning of a witch-hunt. Can't we just realize that a little girl does not have to display publicly pictures of her only wearing underwear?
The real decisions to make are about the networks themselves : they have to put boundaries, because the teenagers won't. They have to prevent from abuses checking the profiles of online people and maybe forbidding grown-ups to chat with young people. But how to verify if Sissy3269, Tennessee, looking for a relationship is actually a young girl? Well, the last solution is to deal with the heart of the problem, to talk to your girl and to explain how people can be mean, and why she has to slow down with the Internet. She will understand.
On the other hand, teenagers don't seem to be aware of their image on the web. Social networks are full of dating sections where they publish snaps and information about them. For example, MyLol is a social network and dating website aimed at teenagers. Users have the option to add unlimited photos to their profiles. These can be commented on by other users, as well as rated upon a 5 star basis, and this can increase your popularity points. Of course, they all want to be the more popular teenager, thus, they add a lot of increasingly provocative and catchy photos...that can include clothes off.
That's why parents begin to be afraid of their lovely children's growing interest for these networks. They tried to forbid their progeny to surf on the evil web, but too late... the Internet is everywhere even at school.
Recently, Apple has commercialized an Iphone application to show you registered sex offenders living around you : it's called Offender Locator, and except in California you can check the exact addresses of registered paedophiles in the whole USA. Ok, it's a gadget, but it's the beginning of a witch-hunt. Can't we just realize that a little girl does not have to display publicly pictures of her only wearing underwear?
The real decisions to make are about the networks themselves : they have to put boundaries, because the teenagers won't. They have to prevent from abuses checking the profiles of online people and maybe forbidding grown-ups to chat with young people. But how to verify if Sissy3269, Tennessee, looking for a relationship is actually a young girl? Well, the last solution is to deal with the heart of the problem, to talk to your girl and to explain how people can be mean, and why she has to slow down with the Internet. She will understand.
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