Via the Telegraph, social networking site Bebo finds itself at the centre of a media storm:
Detectives fear a bizarre suicide craze is sweeping through teenagers in a small town fuelled by chat on social networking sites after seven friends took their own lives.
As well as the deaths during the last 12 months, several more have attempted suicide and police fear they are being driven by a desire to achieve prestige by having a memorial website set up in their name.
More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/23/nsuicide123.xml
In fairness to Bebo, they do offer some ‘fun animations‘ for youngsters using the site, along with a bunch of links to teaching materials, how-to guides, advice for parents, etc.
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