SPECIAL FEATURE: Personal web pages – the dark side of the internet*

The internet is an amazing means of communication spanning the globe, but it also has a dark side.Chat rooms, blogs and social networking sites are causing parents great anxiety and, down the track, great embarrassment to millions of unsuspecting teenagers when they apply for jobs. Gabrielle Walsh, national secretary of the Australian Family Association, reports.Chat rooms are where people can go online to a shared web site, type messages and “chat” with people anywhere around the world. Co…

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