A friend of mine is looking for the information about actual (NOT
perceived) dangers of sexual predators on the Internet. Her requests is
attached below. Any suggestions?
Wojtek Sokolowski
>
>I have to write an article on protecting children from
>Internet predators. My personal opinion is that there is
>substantial fear mongering about internet predation.
>But, I don't know where to get any real figures on how
>many kids are victimized because of involvement with
>the Internet. I don't even know how to find out how many
>kids are online.
>
>I can talk about Internet wisdom but I wish I could say something
>real about how prevalent this really is. Apparently, an FBI agent recently
>testified that she entered a chat room for teens posing as a kid and was
>beset by sexual predators....14 in the room. I have trouble believing that
>from my own experience. I let my neighbors teens use the Internet
>for chat on my computer as long as I am monitoring the conversation
>and I have never seen anyone but kids on the teen sites.
>
>Anyway...that is the article assignment but I refuse to turn it
>into another opportunity to terrorize parents about the Internet.
