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Dept of obvious research: Girls with photos online get more messages
We suppose it's important for objective researchers to test conventional and unconventional wisdom about the web in order to stave off fears that every child who ever goes online will become the victim of sexual predators. But seriously, did we need a study to let us know that dirty old men out there like to send inappropriate messages to girls online?
Other key findings include:
- Girls were more likely than boys to have been contacted by someone who made them feel scared or uncomfortable
- Teens who created profiles on social networking sites are more likely to have been contacted by strangers -- but they were no more likely to have been scared than other kids who have been contacted online
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Huw said 9:33PM on 10-17-2007
In other news, bears believed to shit in woods.
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