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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby cactuspete » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:38 am

shadylady wrote:10 year old boy is apparent target of child predators on YouTube
Notice that this story is framed in the most sensationalistic manner possible. Once you get into the story it turns out that they don't know anything about who actually was involved. It's far more likely that the "threats" were issued by teenagers pranking the boy than by "child pornographers" as suggested in the news story. This is typical of the way these kinds of stories are portrayed. The tendency is to write a headline and lead that exaggerates the threat level and then to provide very little to back up the initial claims. In fact, I'm willing to bet that it's quite possible that the people who talked the boy into posing nude were little girls as claimed to begin with and that later threats came from others who stumbled upon the video later on. This kind of melodrama makes a mountain out of a molehill and that would be harmless enough except that this gets turned into wasteful legislation and intervention that does more harm to the "victim" than the actual act that everyone is all in a huff about!
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:funny: Typical BS that passes for news! Just a bunch of paranoia and hysteria! Oh, well, I'm sure it appeals to the typical airhead out there in TV land! It's funny that this was posted on a channel called MamaBearsCubs. Sounds like one of those people who over-estimate far-fetched threats. As for the video, it's funny that the detective seems to be doing his best to keep from laughing about the incident while the lady reporter seems to consider this some kind of grave and serious threat and that her efforts are of monumental importance. It's funny how people can be so dim-witted. But like ShadyLady says, it's all melodrama that is bound to attract an audience and that makes money and so that's why we see this kind of low-quality reporting fairly frequently. Ultimately, this boils down to a case of kids playing "You show me yours and I'll show you mine" but when the child safety advocates get involved it somehow becomes a case of "child predators" exploiting kids. My understanding is that 99% of supposed internet predators are just kids messing with other kids and trying to scare them or prank them in some way. The threat about "turning him into the FBI" is not a threat that an adult would make. It's clearly a case of kids playing around on the internet and pretending otherwise is counter-productive!
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby wildrose » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:12 am

Poll: Young People See Online Slurs As Joking
What kids do online isn't that much different from what they do in face-to-face situations. Some of the hoaxes that can be pulled off online are a little more elaborate than what can be accomplished face-to-face, but it's for the most part the same kind of thing. I like what one of the adults says in this video. He acknowledges that most problem behavior isn't actually bullying since bullying is repeated harassment intended to maintain a power differential. That would rule out 99% of what kids do online or in real life.
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby cactuspete » Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:25 am

Senate Committee Agrees That Violating Terms of Service Shouldn't Be a Crime
The stupid rules made by PRIVATE COMPANIES should not be turned into laws by OUR GOVERNMENT! The proper role of government is to protect us from the tyranny of private companies!
Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a trio of data security and data breach notification bills. One of the bills, which was sponsored by Committee Chairman Senator Leahy, includes a crucial amendment [pdf] to clarify that it's not illegal under the notoriously vague Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to violate agreements like website terms of service or acceptable use policies. A bipartisan coalition of senators (including Chairman Leahy himself) voted for the amendment to the anti-hacking law, which private litigants and prosecutors alike have creatively used to try to punish violations of terms of use over the past few years

LINK: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/09/senate-committee-agrees-violating-terms-service-shouldnt
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby mrfish » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:20 pm

New 'sexting' law eases punishment for minors
Laws regarding sexting are beginning to be updated! It took 'em long enough!
Florida's new law now gives the option of charging sexters with the lesser crime of exactly what it is: sexting. There is no registering as a sex offender, simply a $60 fine and eight hours of community service. Walters explains, "This is all dependent on the discretion of law enforcement and the prosecutor, just like any criminal case." Under this law, the second strike can be treated as a first-degree misdemeanor. Sexting could become a felony only on the third offense, carrying a max of five years in prison.

LINK: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/state_news/093011-Sexting-laws-ease-punishment-on-minors
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby shadylady » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:42 am

The Truth About Teen 'Sexting'
This seems like a pretty level-headed article that's free of the usual hype and exaggeration associated with media coverage of this topic.
"Sexting," a term that's become popular in the last 10 years, is the sending of sexually explicit messages or photographs, usually between mobile phones. Parents are worried not only how this sexually explicit content may impact children, but on the possible legal impacts of children producing what could be defined as child pornography, according to researchers. If convicted of child pornography, they may have to register as sex offenders.

LINK: http://news.yahoo.com/truth-teen-sexting-121405270.html
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby cactuspete » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:28 am

Why Kids Sexting May Not Be as Big a Problem as We Thought

Typical exaggeration by the media and advocacy groups debunked! :smack:
There's been no shortage of hand-wringing over the menace of "sexting" among kids, but new research finds that parents' concern may be largely overwrought: only 7% of children ages 10 to 17 created, appeared in or received a sexually suggestive photo in the past year.

Further, contrary to fears that nude photos created and sent by children are ricocheting across the Internet, only 1% of photos that kids created or appeared in were graphic enough to be considered child pornography, the researchers found. Past data on the topic has been far more foreboding, showing that up to 1 in 5 kids sext. But those findings may have be inflated: one study included 18- and 19-year-olds, whose images would technically not be considered child porn.

LINK: http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/05/why-kids-sexting-is-not-as-much-of-a-problem-as-we-think-it-is/
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby wildrose » Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:33 am

The Ten Internet Plagues
Funny stuff! :pacman:
1. Death of Google Privacy Policy
2. Buffering
3. Advertisements
4. Trolls
5. Facebook Apps
6. Netflix Availability
7. Spam
8. YouTube Comments
9. Memes
10. Inane Tweets
LINK: http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6750827/the-ten-internet-plagues
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby shadylady » Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:59 am

Cyber-bullying is worse than porn :rolleyes2:
Quite frankly I'm not convinced that kids being mean to kids (cyber-bullying) is all that big of a deal, but it probably is more stressful than porn! Then again, it might be all this stupid discussion over make-believe problems that is the true danger!
Staksrud’s study makes use of several other studies of Norwegian children which focus on their actual risk experiences on the internet. According to the researcher these findings indicate porn is generally not experienced as a problem by the kids, and does not lead to any long-term damage. On the long run the most detrimental online experience for kids is being bullied by their peers. Nevertheless, all the parents in a study Staksrud refers to are primarily concerned about the effect of porn on their children. She asserts that even though there will always be some unpleasant and impressionable material online, it isn’t necessarily damaging. “All children will run into risks on the internet but most of this won’t do any harm. But what really does do long-term injury is cyber-bullying,” says Staksrud.

LINK: http://sciencenordic.com/cyber-bullying-worse-porn
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby panamint_patty » Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:47 am

Teen Pressured to 'Sext'
This might be the dumbest hidden camera news report thing ever! No one would have this conversation in a cafe! ABC obviously believes that their audience is composed exclusively of people who are stupid!
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby wildrose » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:46 am

Cyberbullying Victim Fights Back in Lawsuit
There should be no new laws made to deal with this type of thing. This is a civil matter and a libel suit is more than adequate to deal with this matter. The school and the police should most definitely NOT be involved! More laws will only make things worse!
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby panamint_patty » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:20 am

If Hackers Didn't Exist, Governments Would Have to Invent Them
The same can also be said of all the other greatly exaggerated dangers of the internet!
The myth of malicious adolescents out to wreak havoc on our technology spurs Internet regulations that are far more stringent than is reasonable.

LINK: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/if-hackers-didnt-exist-governments-would-have-to-invent-them/259463/
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Re: Dangers of the Internet

Postby shadylady » Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:24 am

Decoding 'sexting' lingo
IWS = I want sex
GNOC = Get Naked on Cam
GYPO = Get Your Pants Off
This discussion conflates text messages sent on the topic of sex with sending naked pictures and then claims that 1 out of 7 teenagers with cell phones do one or the other and that these teenagers are more likely to have sex than other teenagers. It goes on to suggest that parents spy on their teenagers.
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