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Posted: 8:22 PM May 13, 2008
Last Updated: 8:22 PM May 13, 2008
Reporter: Morgan White
Email Address: morgan.white@wbko.com

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Attorney general Jack Conway was in Bowling Green on May 13 promoting Internet safety.

According to the May 13 event, in the past nine months more than 40-thousand sexual predators have been kicked off of MySpace.com, that doesn't include other social networks, and those numbers pose some major risks for your children.

One by one students from Moss Middle and Warren Central High Schools filed into a packed auditorium to learn about cyberbullying.

It's a message Attorney General Jack Conway has made his mission to tell.

"We got to get these kids. We've got to get the teachers and principals, let them know about the dangers lurking our there," he explains.

Students ages 11 to 14 gathered at Warren Central High School where educators talked for more than one hour about Internet safety, and just when they thought they were getting by, Attorney General Conway asked a questioned that shocked the young audience.

"I asked them how many of you have a MySpace or Facebook account," he recalls, "and all their hands shot up. But the fact of the matter is, the terms of usage for MySpace and Facebook, say that users ought to be 14-years of age. So, we have middle schoolers going online; they don't realize the dangers that lurk online."

But after today's lecture students are starting to hear the message that the Internet is a dangerous place.

" Be more careful about what you post about yourself," one student explains.

"There's a lot more going on on the Internet than we actually realize," says another, followed by one student saying," I'll be careful who I talk to and what I say."

The empty seats are proof that another group of children have heard a message that could protect them from online threats.

But Attorney General Conway says it's not enough, he wants House Bill 367 to to pass the Kentucky Senate so that kids will be protected.

"I'm going to take every opportunity I get to travel this Commonwealth and say that bill should have passed. House Bill 367 should have passed to give us in the law enforcement the tools we need to get our job done," he says.

Today's message was also presented to students in Glasgow.

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