In researching my topic I found some interesting statistics that show how many teens use social networking sites along with how many are unaware of the lack of privacy these websites contain.
First off, Myspace has grown 318% in the last year to 37.3 million visitors making it the top social networking site on the web. In addition to this 70% of teens have online profiles on social networking sites like Myspace or facebook according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in Alexandria.
Not only do more than half of teens around the world have their own profiles on these sites, but the majority of them post personal information disregarding the possible dangers associated with it. For example, 73% of high school students reveal their real first names onilne, 30% identify their schools, and 53% post their own photos according to a study done by i-Safe Inc.
Overall a study done in 2007 by Pew Internet & American Life Study showed that 60% of internet users do not worry about their personal information that is available on the web.
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These facts are probably more effective to use in an introduction than specific arguments, as they emphasize and introduce the importance of the issue.
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