One hundred fifty pairs of eyes watch as Montgomery County State's Attorney John J. McCarthy flashes a MySpace profile picture of a girl in her high school cheerleading uniform. She is smiling and the word "Vikings" is emblazoned across her chest. She has only revealed her hometown on her Web page, but her photo broadcasts to the world she goes to a school with the Vikings as its mascot, McCarthy tells the crowd. And that's all a predator would need to know to find her. McCarthy said last month that one in five minors in Montgomery County reported he or she had been solicited online for sex and one in 11 has been victimized by cyber bullying _ when someone is harassed, threatened or embarrassed on the Web. A Pew Internet survey last summer reported one in three teens nationwide said they had experienced cyber bullying. |
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