Social Networking Cyber-bullies

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Some would argue that, in order to more rigorously protect children, social networking sites should be more aggressive in their use of age verification. After all, age verification procedures effectively limit access to adult sites; but then, adults have various forms of government or business-issued identifications, such as driver’s licenses and credit cards. The problem in this case, is that there are no similar forms of identification for minors!

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CyberBullies and Social Networking: A Slippery Slope

As indicated in our introductory piece, this will be the first of a three part series on the cyber-bullies, trash-texting and happy slapping. While every generation seems to find its own way of “doing its own thing,” the recent popularity of social networking, absent responsible background checks, seems to have placed countless children and younger teens in the way of harm that none of them could either anticipate or control.

I hope, by identifying some of the concerned parties and laying out some of the basic considerations involved, that this series will generate more interest in conducting reputable criminal background checks, as these should sharpen parental awareness and place teens ahead of the curve so they can act more responsibly.

That said, we’ll begin our discussion in the usual way, by defining a few key terms.
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