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Nancy Willard Puts Social Networking Risks in Context

View the article here 02/02/2009 Online child safety ? especially the fear of predators lurking on social networking sites (SNS) ? continues to spur calls by state and federal lawmakers for regulation. At first, some federal lawmakers advocated outright bans on SNS in schools and libraries via the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA). Meanwhile, state and local lawmakers ? specifically state Attorneys General (AGs) ? have been even more vociferous in their calls for regulation in the form of mandatory age verification for social networking sites, which would cover a broad swath of online sites and activities according to their definitions of SNS. But the question that ultimately gets lost in this debate is: Just how much risk do social networking sites really pose for teens? Which risks are real and which are overblown? And what?s the best way to deal with the risks that we find to be legitimate? Nancy Willard devotes her life to answering those questions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 07, 2009 (boomark / email).