Avoiding Internet Harassment

This article has been moved and expanded into several articles:

Part One - guestbooks and chat rooms
Part Two - instant messaging programs
Part Three - unmoderated forums and trolls

The following might also be of interest:

Meeting People Online - no, it isn't necessarily more dangerous to meet people on the net than any other way, but you can't take information back after you've given it to someone, so you need to think now about what information you're willing to give out about yourself and your family
Meeting Online Contacts Offline - there are safe and unsafe ways to take an online friendship into the real world - use your common sense!
LDRs and Why I Don't Like Them - I have serious concerns about long-distance relationships, which are much more common with the advent of the internet
The Net: Naughty By Nature?
Against the Net? No, Just Cautious

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