AS a concerned parent the recent headlines about missing children Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman raise important issues about Internet chat room dangers.
I find it incredible that paedophiles can too easily reach out and make contact via this medium.
Although there are ways to restrict access via the Internet with passwords or to lock out the system, these are no match to the determined youngster.
What can we do about reducing the dangers to our children?
I believe the answer is within the hands of the service providers who must make the whole process more safety conscious.
Who's that knocking at your email door? In our homes we do have a choice who we let in.
Phil Shepherdson,
Chantry Close,
York.
Updated: 10:34 Tuesday, August 13, 2002
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