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Concerned Parents Online
Why this Matters
- In 2000, 1,501 youths aged 10-17 were surveyed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Of those youths surveyed:
- 1 in 4 had an unwanted exposure to pictures of naked people or people having sex in the last year.
- Approximately 1 in 5 received a sexual solicitation or approach over the Internet in the last year.
- 1 in 17 was threatened or harassed.
- 1 in 33 received an aggressive sexual solicitation — a solicitor who asked to meet them somewhere; called them on the telephone; sent them regular mail, money, or gifts.
- Approximately 25% of young people who reported these incidents were distressed by them.
- Less than 10% of sexual solicitations and only 3% of unwanted exposure episodes were reported to authorities such as a law-enforcement agency, an Internet Service Provider, or a hotline.
- About 25% of the youth who encountered a sexual solicitation or approach told a parent. Almost 40% of those reporting an unwanted exposure to sexual material told a parent.
- Only 17% of youth and approximately 10% of parents could name a specific authority, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, CyberTipline®, or an Internet Service Provider, to which they could make a report, although more said they had “heard of” such places.
- In households with home Internet access, 1 in 3 parents said they had filtering or blocking software on their computer at the time they were interviewed.
These statistics, a link to the full report, and further relevant information can be found at http://www.netsmartz.org/news/blogbeware_pg2.htm/.
6 years later, the opportunity for online danger has increased exponentially (ie: MySpace danger). It matters.
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