Ashleigh Hall's death exposes the dark side of social networking sites.After a 32-year-old man blurted: "I've killed a girl," the danger of online paedophilia came to the surface again.
More and more, teenagers are increasingly in the habit of shutting their thoughts away from the outside world. Traditionally, they have been entered into a diary, now they are spilt onto online chat logs - the perfect scenario for perverts on the net.
Sites like Facebook and Bebo are as helpful for these predators as they are for keeping in contact with friends - parents have to remember this.
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