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| Columns - Management Corner: Technology Trends | |
| Written by Jim Mays | |
| Friday, 04 January 2008 | |
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In July, the popular social networking site, MySpace, deleted 29,000 convicted sex offenders from its service. Just two months earlier, they deleted 7,000 offenders. The minimum age to register for a page on MySpace is 14. Why would sex offenders register to participate in a social networking site? The Internet can be a scary place filled with monsters eager to prey on the unsuspecting. Reveal too much about yourself and you may end up being stalked, or even worse. In a recent article, the author wrote, “Anybody could be tracking your children online. Even me” (Flanagan, 2007). She starts at the now infamous website, MySpace, with a young teen living nearby. Through the course of the article she manages to track the teen to a degree that should be frightening to parents. Twenty years ago, you would be hard pressed as an individual to meet even a small number of sex offenders. Now, a quick jump into cyberspace lets me rub virtual shoulders with them and conversely, they can rub shoulders with me. Google yourself. Type your name into an Internet search engine and take a look at the resulting entries. A search for my name yields a real estate agent in New Zealand and a prospective NBA player from Clemson University. Alas, fame has not come my way. Want to read the entire article? Don't miss out...Subscribe now to Counselor Magazine—or buy the single issue! It's easy. Just follow the links below:
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