How many times do you dive head first into the Internet and are not sure what you are going to encounter? Ninth through twelfth graders, you are particularly at risk because you often use the computer at school or at home by yourself, and you are more likely than younger children to participate in online discussions regarding companionship and relationships. Did you
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know that there are web sites and newsgroups that have material that is hateful, is violent, or contains other types of material that you, your friends and your parents might consider to be inappropriate? It’s possible for you to stumble across this type of material when doing a search using one of the web sites that is specifically designed to help people find information on the Internet. Most of these sites (called "search engines") do not, by default, filter out material that might be inappropriate for you. Please dive with caution.