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Children 'give too much away online'

ALMOST three-quarters of children admit they have given their e-mail address, a photograph of themselves or their phone number to a stranger they met online, according to a new study.

Researchers found 73 per cent of 1,000 youngsters aged seven to 16 had given such details to someone they had not met.


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