BBC NEWS | Technology | Children ignore net chat dangers
Well, it seems that kids are not getting the message of chatrooms being dangerous places to frequent. According to the study, 60% of children do not realize that the person they are chatting with might not be who they claim to be. One expert in the article says that children may be enjoying the danger, so telling them about it being dangerous may be feeding their usage. That seems to be in direct conflict with the 60% figure.
But in any event, the children are still chatting and ignoring the danger. This is something that even in our tiny library we have had problems with. We had a teen girl give out her personal information, including her phone number in a chat room. She started getting calls from men across the country. She knew of the dangers, but yearned for the attention. Luckily, it stopped with just the phone calls.