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Predator Panic Making a Comeback

Original Article See Also: Predator Panic: A Closer Look 03/28/2011 By Larry Magid I thought we were past the days of "predator panic." Around 2006, when To Catch A Predator was on TV just about weekly, there were lots of news stories about the dangers kids face on the Internet. A federally funded study conducted by the Crimes Against Children Research Center (CACRC) was being commonly misquoted by politicians and media to suggest that 20% of American kids had been approached by an online predator. Attorneys general from around the country were investigating MySpace and other online teen hangouts which were thought by some to be predator playgrounds. It wasn't true then and it's not true now. What the Data Show The very research organization whose data was being misinterpreted helped to set the record straight about predation...continue to full post

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