Blunt ads for teens warn of Net predators

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New ad campaign warns teenage girls specifically about the dangers of sexual predators who use the Internet to find their victims.
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Nice..

by Fray9 June 8, 2005 8:50 AM PDT

Like people werent paranoid enough already about people on the internet.

It took 5 years and a wedding to convince my mother in law I wasnt an axe murderer when I met her daughter online and began dating.

So 1 in 5 teenage girls are solicited online?
Big deal.. been to high school lately?
There 1 in 1 teenage girls get solicited on a regular basis.

How about some perspective?
Like maybe including the little factoid that your more likely to be killed in a car wreck than meet someone dangerous online?

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car accidents
by sanenazok June 8, 2005 9:22 AM PDT: The thing is the girls who are hit on in highschool are hit on by their peers who can sometimes be violent, but at least aren't some weirdo old guy who's going to tie them up in a basement.

Every abduction that takes place due to online contact can be avoided, car accidents are another thing altogether. The only thing that this is doing is making sure people who lack saavy realize that online statements about age, etc, are not always true.; View reply
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