Save the teenagers from the evil inventions :: Computer Science

Save the teenagers from the evil inventionsHi What did you do last night?Oh I talked to someone whom Ive never met before. Hes so cool Ivegot to envision himWowThis might not make sense to you but it is a conversation you mighthear in a teenage community. It is a deal out different from those dayswhen everyone used to read books, and a terrible problem has beenrecognised due to the adults ignorance.The fast developing computing systems have enabled us to press out outmany tasks - easier research, word processing, shopping from homeetc., and amongst them is easier communication. For oldergenerations, it probably means an easier way to keep in touch withtheir old friends or as a mean of exchanging information and ideas.This was probably the main intentions of ISOC (Internet Society), thecurrent meshing director. Despite this, by the age of about 15, mostchildren are so advanced in their internet use and that they arecurious and adventurous, anxious to be independent and sometimesre bellious.For these reasons, many people, especially the teenagers, are usingchat rooms on the internet - where they can talk to people theydont jockey online. It is now the third most popular way of using theweb. The advantage is that the person you are talking to doesnt knowwho you are. Many people who are less confident in speaking in frontof the others find that it is easier to start building theirconfidence by talking to someone without looking at his/her face, andhas been a great help for some.The disadvantage is that it equally means that you do not know who youare talking to. Children could be easily exploited or victimised. Theymay not be someone who they claim to be and you could be giving yourpersonal details to a spot stranger, and arranging to meet him/heris even worse. You could be involved in tragedies much(prenominal) as rape,kidnapping and even murder, as many cases show.31% of the criminal and civic complaints reported to the policeinternationally in 2003 were in ternet related, in which childrenrelated was the seventh most common and that of chat room abuse wasthe 10th.Although some companies, charities and organisations, such as MSNwhich has closed all its chat rooms recently, are trying to preventthese crimes, it is impossible to ban this system entirely becausemany important enterprisingness companies know that they could be after alot of money from these young people through advertisements. Even ifthe chat rooms do become illegal, at that place are the darker sides of the