Home Office blunders over chatroom advice

One particular problem is the practice of online “grooming” by paedophiles. The University of Central Lancashire has published research showing one in five children aged nine to 16 uses chatrooms and that three in four children who go on to meet ‘virtual’ friends are not accompanied by an adult. However, the site accompanying the campaign seems to have a rather ambivalent message. At ThinkUknow.co.uk the advice segways casually with a

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