Dangers from the Internet - Beware

=News Articles=


 * 'Ditched' by Facebook lover, 14-year-old girl hangs self - From Deccan Herald Bangalore, Nov 6, 2013. report shows use of facebook by children which is not supervised by parents/teachers can be quite dangerous


 * A 20-year-old girl student was arrested by the Cyber Crime Police on Thursday on the charge of creating a fake Facebook id. on the name of another girl and posting her photographs, phone numbers and some abusive messages and causing mental agony to her. The Hindu, January 10, 2014

A June 2011 Consumer Reports "State of the Net" survey "unearthed several disturbing findings about children and Facebook": ''' Clearly, using Facebook presents children and their friends and families with safety, security, and privacy risks. read the article from Truthout
 * 1) Of the 20 million minors who actively used Facebook in the past year, 7.5 million - or more than one-third - were younger than 13 and not supposed to be able to use the site.
 * 2) Among young users, more than 5 million were 10 and under, and their accounts were largely unsupervised by their parents.
 * 3) '''One million children were harassed, threatened, or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying on the site in the past year.


 * Mobile Internet abetting cyber crimes, say police, Hindu September 2014
 * Phishing: 3 victims lose Rs. 20 lakh, Hindu September 2014