Dangers of Facebook

Point:

• Predators can easily access young people on Facebook through them sharing too much information

Consequence

• It is easy for these young people to be fooled by these predators
• This could lead to an increase of sexual assault
• An increase in rape
• an increase in murder
• This also leads to an unsafe environment for young people to be in if they are constantly vulnerable to predators. 

Research to back this uphttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/facebook-teen-lured-by-predator-and-killed/story-e6frf7jo-1225867273029

- Predator Christopher James Dannevig lured 18 year old Nona Belomesoff to her death by pretending to be a Facebook friend

- She did not return from a camping trip

- Nona was a passionate animal lover

- The predator offered her a job protecting wild life

- She was found fully clothed

- The predator told he that she would be camping out at a training area but it was later discovered that no such training area existed

http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/News_Archives.htm

- Three men in their twenties were charged with the raping of a 15 year old girl. 

- They also possessed photographs of her which were naked

- One of the social media platforms she spoke to them on was Facebook

- A young man used a fake female profile to blackmail and rape a teen boy from Canberra 

- He sent a video of the incident to other Canberra members of the general 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/candance-l-greene/internet-child-predators_b_1298237.html

- the crime against children research centre reports that one in five kids has received unwanted sexual socialisation through the web

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9371220/Internet-predator-19-who-raped-girls-is-every-parents-worst-nightmare.html

- Elliot Mcdermott at nineten raped three young girls after abusing Facebook to meet them 

- He was charged with two charges of rape, three sexual assaults and three counts of grooming 

- He became Facebook friends with his victims 

- he went to one victims house and raped her

- he arranged to meet the victim a second time asking her to return the head phones he left at her house 

- They later met at a subway before going to a field where he raped her 

- the second victim was attacked in 2011 she was 14 after she had complained to Mc Dermott on Facebook that she had no one to take her to the shops to buy her cigarettes and alcohol 

- he said he would help her out but expected sex in return 

- He befriended a thirteen year old victim on Facebook he arranged to meet her in the park in Irlams O'height where he engaged in sexual activity with her

http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/05/21/teens-social-media-and-privacy/

- Teens do not have a high level conern to third party access on Facebook only 9% say they are very concerned

- 91% posts photos of themsleves
- 71% post their school name
- 71% post their city or town dress
- 53% post their email address
- 20% post their phone number