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More than half of children have had an 'unwanted experience' on the net
breitbart.com — More than half of children using the internet have had an "unwanted experience" online as the trend of using social networking sites increases, according to a new poll. The survey for the NSPCC found 50.4% of children had such an experience, which could mean anything from being bullied or threatened to being asked to perform sexual acts.
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- diggthiscrap, on 10/11/2007, -5/+62This is politically-motivated fear-mongering designed for net users to give up rights in order for our lovely government to step in and "protect" us from the evils of the interweb. Also, here's some info on the NSPCC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSPCC#Campaigning_and_controversy
Here's an exerpt:
"The organisation has also faced criticism for its alledgedly increasing obsession with publicity and advertising, for Fear mongering and supposedly fabricating or exaggerating facts and figures in its research, although these claims are generally subjective. In an article on Spiked, Frank Furedi professor of sociology at the University of Kent, branded it a 'lobby group devoted to publicising its peculiar brand of anti-parent propaganda and promoting itself'."- wild, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12"Frank Furedi professor of sociology at the University of Kent"
Hey, I took a class from him.
And yea, this reeks of people trying to generalize questions so they can make a more viscous whole. - OMGWTFROFLMAOx2, on 10/11/2007, -3/+20They seem to make the whole "unwanted experience" thing pretty general.
FTA:
"Children face real threats on the internet such as sexual grooming, cyber-bullying, exposure to violent, pornographic and other unsuitable material and being lured into dangerous real-world situations."
What kids haven't seen porn on the net or been trolled? I had an unwanted experience when I was goatse'd the first time (I think i was 15 or so). Everything after that has seemed mild at best..except for the Asian ass-eels thing (I was definitely not prepared for that). - crawfishsoul, on 10/11/2007, -3/+28"except for the Asian ass-eels thing (I was definitely not prepared for that)."
I just *had* to go looking for it...damnit. Well, there goes lunch. - waxoff, on 10/11/2007, -5/+14Bullying, threatening and asking kids to perform sexual acts is horrible ***** that should get people thrown in jail. But, welcome to the real world. You wouldn't let your kid wander around aimlessly in the city, so why would you let them go unsupervised anywhere they want online?
- MaddoxComeHome, on 10/25/2007, -2/+51Unwanted experience, thy name is goatse.cx.
- spidoman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16only half? Dang I've gotta step up my game.
- Silencer7, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2@crawfishsoul, omgwtfroflmaox2:
"uwaaa, ippai haiteimasu ne!" (wow, there's so many in there!)
May as well mention lemonparty and tubgirl while we're at it, and then the NSPCC can add all of us to its survey results. - jasonliman, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1more than half of the population in the US have had an 'unwanted experience' with the President Bush.
what should we do to protect us from 'him' - NikoKun, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5you mean as opposed to... having an unwanted experience in REAL life?
- Rhino2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13
Hell, everytime I go on the internets I have a 50% chance of having an unwanted experience.
This like saying "If you drop your kid off in middle of the city and leave them on their own, they'll have a 50% of having an unwanted experience"
This is fear mongering to get the support of soccer moms to "think of the childern" and censor - YES Censor and regulate the internets. The internet is a rough place, so is the slums - neither of which I would suggest letting your kids roam around free.
The title of this article should be "Let us regulate the internets because you don't watch what your dam kids do" - zoto, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Unwanted experience(not safe for life, much less work): http://www.lmaonade.org/eels.wmv
Enjoy. - moogle516, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Porn can always turn an unwanted experience into a favorable experience.
- acdcfanbill, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I'm not a kid anymore, but I still have unwanted experiences :(
- AegisGFX, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I had an unwanted experience in the boy scouts too. Thats life.
- Kbennett, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Who among us hasn't accidentally stumbled across foxnews.com?
- wild, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12"Frank Furedi professor of sociology at the University of Kent"
- RidgeWalker76, on 10/11/2007, -4/+38Everybody Panic! The media loves internet predator stories as well, though the internet seems no riskier than any other place you could encounter a predator.
- diggthiscrap, on 10/11/2007, -3/+33Are you eye-raping me?
- LordSkywalker, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10As a matter of opinion, I'd say that, with the right precautions taken, the internet is extremely safer than any real-world possibility of an encounter with a predator. Even _without_ any extra precautions, the net is a safe place, provided you practice common sense. That may be asking too much though.
- bobcrotch, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111111111
- moogle516, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7More like these kids got Goatse'D or viewed a screamer, or saw some hard care gay porn.
- ThndrShk2k, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4The study would also show that at least 79% of the children who experienced these 'unwanted experiences' was due to a graphic image showing the horrific feat of one man.
Also known as GoatSE - bbtrev, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Stop scissoring me with your eyes!!
- scotticus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Safer if you're not stupid enough to give the psycho your information, but you're much more likely to have an encounter.
I'm not even a kid, and I have way more unwanted experiences over the internet than I do in real life because people on the internet are vicious and largely anonymous (which usually makes it fun). I even had some bad experiences as a kid, when the internet was fairly new... some creep filled my inbox with kiddie porn.
I fail to see how pointing this out means that the internet is bad and that we should take it away. I think something like this is more directed at parents so they can be sure to monitor their kids' online behaviors. - NICU, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I had an unwanted experience - I saw a gay porn, I didn't mean to watch it, but the chicks never came! The chicks never came!!
- helinism, on 10/11/2007, -4/+26And how many unwanted experiences have they had in the real world? More than one I should imagine unless they never set foot outside the house!
- dogstar0125, on 10/11/2007, -11/+950% of kids have been sexually propositioned in the real world? I don't think so. People say things to kids on the Internet that they would never say in person because they know that they'd get their ***** heads stomped for it. It's the anonymity (or perceived anonymity) that makes people on the Internet feel that they can show how sick they really are.
- wild, on 10/11/2007, -3/+21Dogstar is exactly why these crap studies work. Notice how the articles shows a broad defintion of "unwanted experience." It ranges from bullying to sexual encounters. But all Dogstar picks up on is, "50% of kids have been sexually propositioned in the real world?"
Its called fabricating the data folks. - Eilarais, on 10/11/2007, -7/+14@dogstar0125
In other news, a recent study has shown that 99.8% of Americans have admitted to either eating french fries or beating someone else to death with their own arm. This story has not been reported by the mainstream media, most likely because of a vast conspiracy led by the prosthetics industry. Write your senator today! - duffman03, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2@dogstar0125
Ask any decent looking 15 year old girl who walks to school how many older men have driven by and shout to them or invited them in their cars.
- Eilarais, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11Using my superior insight into human nature, I would predict that at least 50.4% of children have also had an unwanted experience in real life. This is because unwanted experiences make up the majority of what happens in life, and are the cornerstone of the phrase "life sucks", which was actually coined before the internet was invented.
A good upbringing is about how you cope with adversity, not whether you have to. - Dumbledorito, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3Who hasn't? I mean, we've all had someone send us links to tubgirl, lemonparty, meatspin, etc.
Then there's the always-popular hotlinking image from SomethingAwful... - FeargusMcDuff, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17Yes I've had my 13-year old ego torn to shreds on the internet, It was unwanted but now I looked back on it and I'm glad it happened, I know the internet very well and I'm glad to do.
How many people have had an unwanted experience in school? Everyone?! BAN SCHOOL! - SwissCamel, on 10/11/2007, -3/+37Good to see goatse is still ruining children's lives today like it did for me back in the day.
- barryiggins, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24goatse is a rite of passage. . .
into utter despair and madness - chicken101, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2goatse was my "wanted experience" on the net.
....I mean....No it was disgusting!
- barryiggins, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24goatse is a rite of passage. . .
- Easty, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14I'm going to assume that most of these 'unwanted experiences' are probably spotty 13-year-olds being owned in a flame war about how SSJ Goten could kick Piccolo's ass.
- Satanael, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12Uhhh, he totally could. Piccolo can't do *****.
- moogle516, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1*****, Piccolo could kick the crap out of Goten. Remeber when he fused with Kami , he was more powerful then ssj goku, or vegeta at the time.
- ChrisWickenscom, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Oh no, words and pictures on a monitor! I'm scarred for life!
Give me a break. - cuttingmoon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11"Do not want"
- qcubed, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5I'm glad I'm not the only person who saw the headline and immediately thought that.
- 4040, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Is it bad that I want to send the other half pictures of Goatse?
- TalkingBanana, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0I am gonna say that a good 75% of them have been on Digg when someone inexplicably cussed them out when they tried to make a valid point. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOU SADIST!
- ChristianBk, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Whiners - being assaulted on the internets only leads to building character!
- breakitdownmas, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5I only wanted the kid to meet me in person.
- Calann, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10I have had far more unwanted experiences in real life than online.
- joemama82, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12This just in: 100% of kids reported having an "unwanted experience" in real life.
- ilovethissite, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0hats off to waxoff, who gave best response.
- spensercoke, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1http://digg.com
- wbeavis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Personally, I found tubgirl to be a worse "unwanted experience" than goatse. As for "unwanted experiences" in general, Jar Jar Binks. Enough said.
- ronito, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4And thus goatse and tubgirl ushered in a new generation.
- ho0ber, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I'm not really a child anymore... but I did just get RICKROLLED!
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sK3AqFYAWQ ) - ElbridgeGerry, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1***** THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA!
- vguard, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1In this world, life is full of unwanted experiences...it's a natural consequence of our lack of respect for freewill.
- UglyShirts, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2That seems low. I'm a staff contributor at Perverted-Justice.com, and when *I* play a kid online, it's a lot closer to...say...100%.
I'm guessing half these kids just didn't answer honestly. - dotlizard, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1weird. i'm having an unwanted experience on the internet right now.
good thing i'm a grownup, i mean, if i was a kid i'd be like, totally scarred for life or something, i'm sure.
or not. i mean, i had some pretty horrifying things happen to me in r/l in the early 70's -- when it was not unusual at all for creepy old guys to park by elementary schools whacking off and saying, hey, c'mere. (i used to point and laugh real loud, figuring that was a pretty good deterrent). i got groped by a sweaty guy in a raincoat as we passed on a sidewalk once. the world was not exactly *full* of pervs, but it wasn't empty of them either. i survived. everyone else i knew did too. we were pretty tough back then, we went through the same stuff, only without the interweb part.
it seems like it would be easier to avoid, here on the interweb? i'm just sayin' ... - bimtott, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Half our kids are getting a 401: Unauthorized?
- Harboggles, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Mark Foley IM'ed me.
- Schug, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1My unwanted experiences:
goatse, tubgirl, harlequin fetus, lemon party, meatspin. . .
How did I find out about these? Someone posted their names in a comment section and warned me not to google image search them.
*warning don't google image search these*- kazuhima, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3why didnt i listen....
- ZPWeeks, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2This problem would be solved if more would-be bad parents would just use a ***** condom.
People should actually worry about what their kids do online. My little sister isn't allowed on Myspace for a reason, and we don't have to worry. You don't let your kids run around the town unsupervised and then complain if they end up around drugs in the 'hood or walk into a titty bar, do you? No, that would make you look like a bad parent.
Don't put filters on or sit next to your kids as they surf. That's probably unnecessary. But maybe talking with your kids once in a while and setting some rules just *might* actually keep your kids safe. That wasn't that hard, was it? - BlackCow, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I'm more worried about the man down the street raping me then someone on the internet.
- AXNJAXN, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I don't want pop-ups. Can I be a statistic too? Pop-ups are an unwanted experience.
Glad I use Firefox + Adblock now. - victorguttmann, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2'unwanted experience' thats the stupidest damn phrase I've ever heard. That could include something like being beaten out of a bid on eBay.
- OUChevelleSS, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I bet 96% of the 50.4%'s bad experiences were from meatspin.com
- Thermopylae, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Yes, ban the internet because everyone is bad here. The parents are innocent.
- Leomarth, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I'm an adult, and I have had "unwanted experiences" on the Internet. My response: So?
- PaddyJ, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1in other news, 100 percent of children have had unwanted experiences in real life.
- TonyTheTerrible, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2i like this kind of fear mongering, im tired of 12 year olds kicking my ass in gears or talking on my WoW ventrillo -.-
- dtfinch, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Of those unwanted experiences:
74% Goatse
15% Tubgirl
3% Mr. Hands
8% Other - Gee1004, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0***** Jack Thompson
- krakkinem, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4And 100% of children have had an "unwanted experience" in real life. Welcome to existence.
- Spo8, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2One word: Tubgirl. Among with others such as meatspin, goatse, lemonparty, etc.
Hey, if it doesn't drive you insane, it just makes you stronger.
*twitch* - CptBuck, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1or accidentally running into teh ghey pr0n.
- Anevilweasel, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2heh, yeah, "accidentally"
- HanSolo69, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1more than half of gamers have "unwanted experience" on the net due to children.
- manmademark, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2No dude! this article speaks truths. Sometimes I get burried and I hurt a little inside :(
- adnams, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2i dugg u, does that help a little?
- buuch, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1i have had to deal with frightening images such as goatse, lemonparty, and tubgirl. also, a dude on craigslist was havin a lan party and i inquired and he told me to bring friends and lube... scary stuff
- Dustin00, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2an "unwanted experience"
*** an "unwanted experience" ***
I couldn't even begin to count how many "unwanted experiences" I had growing up in public schools. And in those cases I was fearing for my physical well being. All a kid has to do online is turn off the computer.
Boo-*****-hoo. - arcadiansky, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Haha, this is absurd. I'd say A LOT more than 50.4% of children and teens have had "unwanted experiences" walking down their hallways in school too... we're just realizing now that this world is full of "unwanted" things? Wake up!... this place isn't utopia and it never has been.
- duffman03, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1a=href="http://www.goatse.cx" FreePokemonCards.Com /a
Is this what they are talking about? - duffman03, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1F***ing double posting digg!!
- pyry, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0They seem to imply that it's only children that have "unwanted experiences". I still have "unwanted experiences". I guess the difference is that I know how to say "fark off", but even still. Maybe people just need to teach their kids how to say, "Ewie, go away" and how to protect themselves. It's the same as in the real world, I suppose-- avoid the creepy people, and you'll be fine.
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