When David's son was searching for a picture of The Incredibles and an altered nude picture of them came up, he simply said "Yeah, I know. Some people like pictures of naked people." His son was not phased by the experience due to his father handling the matter in an appropriate manner. He also discusses the likelihood of a child actually being contacted by a predator online. Most children are smarter than we think, and research shows that most harassment, sexual or not, comes from other teens rather than internet predators.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Internet Dangers? Safer than we think?
In this article, David Pogue of the New York Times discusses the vulnerability of young children to dangers on the internet. He makes a good point that this issue of internet dangers for children is often overblown by the parents. A lady he interviewed said when a pornographic image came up on her daughter's computer, she ran at the computer, pulled the plug, and brought her daughter outside immediately. His argument is that these young children often are not affected in ways that the parents think they will be.
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I recently saw the movie Catfish that exemplifies the way in which social media outlets can pose as a huge threat. Of course, the main character in this montage is in his early 20's but it shows how people can never truly trust who people say they are on the Internet. If a 20 year old can be fooled of numerous peoples identifies on FB think of how easily a child can be lured into these cyber lies.
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