Topic and Descripton

Originally I wanted to write about the topic of locative narratives, but instead opted to go with another topic.

With many online communities available (Myspace, Facebook, etc.), communication worldwide has become almost effortless. The internet is effective at connecting people, but also there are children that go missing because of pedophiles using the internet to connect to them. Internet communities help you find who is in your town, or who is in any town. On myspace, there are groups dedicated to finding missing children. There are also websites that help alert the public for missing children. On http://www.amw.com/, it keeps the public updated on whether there are any amber alerts. They also have archives where you can search for cases of missing people as well as captures. On The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website, they offer resources for parents as well as give you the option to be able to help and get involved.

It's an interesting topic because thousands of children go missing everyday.So the internet becomes both a positive and negative.It can be used to help find missing children but it can also be a cause of them.

On http://www.wired.com/, there was an article telling about how an online predator was planning to use Myspace to meet underage boys.

The link is :http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/10/71948

But where can online communities draw the line to keep out online predators? Is it possible? What can be done?

There would be many users that I would potentially be writing for. Mostly concerned adults, or anyone concerned about the dangers the internet poses (as far as online predators).