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One in four US teen girls reported that they met strangers off the Internet. One in seven boys admitted they did as well. While most of these “Internet friends” turn out to be another teen or preteen, that’s not always the case. Unfortunately, children are now dying at the hands of their Internet child molesters and, not all sexual exploitation of children occurs offline.

These child molesters are blackmailing the children into performing sexual acts in the comfort of their own homes, on web-cams. Yet, 100% of the children molested by Internet sexual predators went willingly to a meeting. They may have thought they were meeting a cute fourteen year old boy or girl, but they knew they didn’t know the person in real life.

This was a posting on Wiredsafety.org. This is just unimaginable! How do we teach internet safety in school with so called effective polices such as blocking or AUP's? Are our communities ready for this type of technological interface or has technology out-growing our sense of understanding? I feel that as a society we are far behind! http://www.wiredsafety.com/wiredlearning/