Kids keep online threats secret from parents Schoolchildren are being "victimized, teased and mocked" on an internet "spider web" of instant messaging and blogging kept secret from parents, including instances of students exchanging insults, threats and explicit pictures via a network of home computers. Police say they have investigated and, in some cases, charged children for such cyber-bullying crimes as stalking, harassment and menacing other students, as well as child pornography. The reputations of children who make a mistake can be trashed. Kids can be victimized, teased and mocked for their boy or girl friends. Criminal offences relating to the behavior of school children online have definitely been reported to police and they have been investigated," he said.

Anxiety grows around teen net use  85 percent of parents say that it poses "the greatest risk to their children among all forms of media."  This concern seems to be supported by a 2006 survey by the Intelligence Group that reported that nearly 1 in 3 teens claim to have had a "scary" online experience. Weighing the benefits against the fears, real or imagined, of how the Internet affects youth is likely to be a process under continuous scrutiny for some time to come, or at least until the next boogieman rears its head.

Tackling the threat of child abuse online  Peter Robbins is the Chief executive, of the Internet Watch Foundation, a UK watchdog set up to combat potentially illegal content online, involving a partnership between the government, police and the internet service provider industry that was needed to tackle the distribution of child abuse images online.  Get involved!
http://www.iwf.org.uk/