Saturday, October 16, 2010

Facebook 'encourages children to spread gossip and insults'

Facebook, Twitter and Bebo are undermining children’s moral development by rewarding the use of “inneuendo, half-truth and insult”, according to a leading headmaster.

Social networking websites pose a serious threat as they blur the lines between gossip and fact before schoolchildren learn to appreciate the difference, it was claimed.

John Newton, head of fee-paying Taunton School, Somerset, said that on-line chat rooms and information sharing sites could help young people learn from peers around the world. More...

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