This is shocking: the BBC is reporting that a social networking site has become very popular with teens, and now parents and educators are worried about some of the uses they are putting it to, fearing they may be putting too much personal information online, and worrying about some of the things they are saying about, for example, their teachers. Some schools have gone so far as to block access to the site from their networks.
For those who haven't glommed on yet, or didn't read my last post on this issue, this is a rerun of an issue taking place in the states. The UK, apparently, took a little longer in getting the proper fear-mongering apparati in place, and as such only now are these articles appearing over there. In their case the site is bebo.com (as opposed to the US, where MySpace is the big bad wolf). As it happens, I have a bebo account, because a friend of mine has one. In fact, I have these accounts floating all over. As yet, I haven't been molested. I'll keep you posted.