((Internet Violence))

حنان الشهري

FACTS:

• 1 in 5 children are approached by an Internet predator.
• Predators contact teenagers and children over the Internet through social networking sites such as Facebook.
• Predators also use the Internet for the production, manufacture, and distribution of child pornography, exposing youth to child pornography and encourage them to exchange pornography or worse entice children to meet for the purpose of having sex.
• Most but not all victims are between the age of 12 and 15 years old.
• Most victims do not set up privacy or security settings to block strangers and, in fact, willingly engage in conversations with strangers.
• Most victims tend to be loners with few offline friends. They are often looking for love and affection online. Many children contacted by predators believe they are communicating with someone around their own age, and not with an adult.
• Most victims are secretive about their Internet activities.

http://www.brighthub.com/internet/security-privacy/articles/87442.aspx