Pew Research Center

FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 6, 2007

American Teens and Online Safety: What the Research is Telling Us

A short overview of recent data from the Pew Internet Project and others on teens and online safety.

BY Amanda Lenhart

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American Teens and Online Safety: What the Research is Telling Us

A short overview of recent data from the Pew Internet Project and others on teens and online safety.

A short overview of data from the Pew Internet Project and others on teens and online safety. The presentation covers data on inappropriate contact and exposure to inappropriate content and parental and teen responses to both. Reponses to threat of or actual exposure to content or contact includes rulemaking, filtering, monitoring software or actions.