Comments on: MySpace – Dirtier Than You Think http://blog.pcpandora.com/2009/02/05/myspace-%e2%80%93-dirtier-than-you-think/ An open discussion devoted to keeping YOUR kids safe online, brought to you by the folks at PC Pandora... Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KenS http://blog.pcpandora.com/2009/02/05/myspace-%e2%80%93-dirtier-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-14278 KenS Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:12:21 +0000 http://blog.pcpandora.com/?p=705#comment-14278 I saw the report. I referenced it in the post. The problem I have with posts like yours is that you are essentially telling parents that "no worries, everything is a-ok" when it isn't. Ask any cop. Just because the crime/victim stats are low, doesn't mean these guys aren't out there trying and - in many cases - succeeding without parents or the kids knowing. If you let your guard down, you will get punched. I saw the report. I referenced it in the post.

The problem I have with posts like yours is that you are essentially telling parents that “no worries, everything is a-ok” when it isn’t.

Ask any cop.

Just because the crime/victim stats are low, doesn’t mean these guys aren’t out there trying and – in many cases – succeeding without parents or the kids knowing. If you let your guard down, you will get punched.

]]> By: MSLGWCEO http://blog.pcpandora.com/2009/02/05/myspace-%e2%80%93-dirtier-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-14226 MSLGWCEO Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:24:39 +0000 http://blog.pcpandora.com/?p=705#comment-14226 "Net threat to minors less than feared" - A long awaited report from the Internet Safety Technical Task Force concludes that children and teens are less vulnerable to sexual predation than many have feared. The report also questions the efficacy and necessity of some commonly prescribed remedies designed to protect young people. FULL REPORT pdf: The task force was formed as a result of a joint agreement between MySpace and 49 state attorneys general. http://cfcoklahoma.org/New_Site/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=0&func=view&id=628&catid=21#628 “Net threat to minors less than feared”
- A long awaited report from the Internet Safety Technical Task Force concludes that children and teens are less vulnerable to sexual predation than many have feared.

The report also questions the efficacy and necessity of some commonly prescribed remedies designed to protect young people.
FULL REPORT pdf:
The task force was formed as a result of a joint agreement between MySpace and 49 state attorneys general.

http://cfcoklahoma.org/New_Site/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=0&func=view&id=628&catid=21#628

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