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17 Jan 2008

Cyber Danger

Are the young at home on the internet protected from the dangers of the World Wide Web? Many of the youngsters sought internet as a place of `haven' to socialise. Is the WWW a safe place for us as adults also? No matter how easy it is to get access to the internet, we are always at risk of being a `cyber victim' be in the form of bully, intimidation, sexual harassment/abuse or even scams. Take for example of a recently reported scenario of a 17 year old boy who was taken advantaged of. He was challenged by a girl whom he had a crushed on to e-mail him a picture of himself nude. The boy did exactly that, one look at the picture, the girl freaked out and forwarded it to her closests gilrfriends who in turn forwarded to their friends. This is a generation that embraces technology eagerly, there are tools which allow better communication eg. webcam, forums, video sharing sites but these can also be misued. In Malaysia, 42% of users who go online are youths aged 24 and younger (based on the statistics by the Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Malaysia in 2005 - taken from The Star 16/01/2008). It's our duty to highlight the safety issues to help young people to stay safe. A practical joke is no longer funny when it involves a human life at stake - suicide.

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Martha Albuquerque21-Jan-2008 20:56
strong, beautiful, v
monil21-Jan-2008 15:59
A very great work. v
Victoria18-Jan-2008 07:48
Superb job, beautiful , awesome
Greg Harp18-Jan-2008 01:04
Outstanding work--and well said. V
marie-jose wolff17-Jan-2008 22:35
powerful and touching image and true comment! V
Apostolos Tikopoulos17-Jan-2008 21:22
Excellent all the work. V.
Guest 17-Jan-2008 20:25
Thank you for sharing the dark side of human behavior..it's a crime..v
zyziza17-Jan-2008 18:08
Great photo, true comment! v
Marcia Colelli17-Jan-2008 16:04
Very wonderful and true comment, great picture and ps work V
Guest 17-Jan-2008 15:49
Very impressive and the message is very clear; there are always pro and cons of all things...vote.
caveman_lee17-Jan-2008 15:10
Nice article and picture as well.
Guest 17-Jan-2008 15:04
Bravo all the way around!
Nestor Derkach17-Jan-2008 14:32
I love everything about this image, great artistic blending.
Agree with your comments on Cyber Danger.
Alina17-Jan-2008 10:42
You are right. There is a lot to think about.
Ceya17-Jan-2008 10:37
A touching picture and a very important information... Internet has become a new way to insult others.. often by young people who do not understand, yet, what the results of their cruel "jokes" can be.. V
olivier bruning17-Jan-2008 08:45
most impressive and heartbraking image...! v
clark langley17-Jan-2008 06:00
So right Tricia
Parents who don't supervise SHOULD be
prosecuted just like the perp!!
Silvia Roitman17-Jan-2008 05:51
excellent!!!v
Denis Vincelette17-Jan-2008 04:13
Very strong .. powerful ! Great text ..... You are right ! The choice of the photo ... i mean the little girl in the center, the girl sitted in the left corner et at right, a mother with a child on her knees ... is also powerful ! ! A very good "take care of" moment ...