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    Cyberbullying

    About a third of online teens say they have been targets of online harassement. Older girls and intense internet users are the most likely to report these experiences.

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    Spam 2007

    37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago.

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    Briefing Panelists Debunk Online Safety Myths

    The main point of the recent congressional briefing panel was to stop the misinformation and obfuscation around the issue of online child victimization, and to focus on the facts and observations that had emerged from our collective research.

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    Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks

    The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults.

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    Demographic Realities & Consumer Behavior Online

    The base of the internet is broadening to include more people with less education than ever before, while older Americans are still overwhelmingly offline. Internet users who have experienced spyware act differently online from those who have not….

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    Teens, IM and Mark Foley

    Now that the election is long past and the Mark Foley scandal is perhaps a slightly less inflammatory subject, we can address some of the inquiries that we’ve gotten about young people and instant messaging.

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    The Future of the Internet II

    A survey of technology thinkers and stakeholders shows they believe the internet will continue to spread in a “flattening” and improving world. There are many, though, who think major problems will accompany technology advances by 2020. A predictions…

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    Warning Unwary Searchers

    48% of internet users said they have stopped visiting certain Web sites that they fear might deposit unwanted programs – and that was before Google started warning people about wandering into unsafe territory.