Microsoft and Girl Scouts of America have teamed up to create a pair of websites called Let Me Know about cyber-bullying and online sexual predators. One site is for teenagers the other is for their parents.
I was particularly struck by a section called, Does Fear of Internet Sexual Predators Influence What You Do Online? which addresses the cyber version of the fear that girls and women have always felt in the real world.
While some of the information for parents is useful, the site for girls is a bit lame. It talks about social networking, and has some good videos–but there is no way to link the articles or videos to My Space, Facebook, etc. which would be a hugely useful way to spread the word further. There is also a “digital patch” that looks like a Girl Scout Badge that you can get, but you have to register first, which I didn’t bother with, would be more likely that people would just put it on their sites if they just gave you the code. In other words, the site looks more like it was designed by parents than kids even though many young women have contributed their thoughts to the site. Good effort, but could be a tad more connected.
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