If you're like most parents of teenagers, your kids spend quite a bit of time after school tapping away at the computer. Well, here's a tip: They're probably not doing homework.
More than likely, they are conversing with one another online and posting pictures or stories about their activities in blogs many with the naive assumption that they're sharing secrets with a precious few. But this is the worldwide Web, and everything kids are splashing across sites like MySpace or Friendster can be seen by a global online audience.
A school district in Illinois said that kids who post images of themselves engaged in lewd, inappropriate or illegal behavior even off school grounds are subject to disciplinary action. School officials say they are not trying to censor students but to protect them.
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