Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have hit big time these past few years. Though fun, there are some hidden dangers in such social networking sites:
Stalking
In Sydney, Australia, a stalker located a twelve-year-old girl, gaining access to her address through her Facebook account. He continued harrassing the girl, her mother and her friends with threatening messages and disturbing images. However they tried, they could not shut down their profile and the Facebook authorities were unable to help as this girl was not thirteen-years-old and above.
Cyber Bullying
Facebook and other social networking sites have made it easier to "target victims". Bullying has evolved into many forms and the latest one is this: cyber bullying. Some examples of cyber bullying are posting insults on friends' walls, commenting viciously on photos and circulating personal or private videos/photos around the web.
Cyber Bullying can also happen through text messages and emails.
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