November 19, 2010 8:22 am
Information from the national Polly Klaas Foundation
The FBI says reports of predators communicating with young people
online have increased more than 6,000 percent since 1996.
In a survey of 8-18 year-olds, the foundation found that:
• Half of teens (13-18) post personal information about themselves
online.
• One-third of girls (13-18) have talked about sex online with
someone they’ve never met in person.
• One in eight online teens has discovered an adult posing as much
younger.
• Nearly one-third of teens have talked online about meeting in
person with someone they know only from the Internet.
Warning signs of an online predator:
• Lying, especially about age
• Attempts to alienate children from their friends or family
• Too-good-to-be-true gifts, including cameras and Web-cams
• Threats or demands for
secrecy
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