Double+Life

Produced by: Jenn Lacko and Ryan Pierce

//(Show classic clips of kids saying by to their parents and then going behind their back and doing something they shouldn't such as drinking etc.)//

-Goodevening I'm Ryan Pierce do you have a computer in your home? Do you know what your child is using the computer for? many children are living double lives with the help of the internet. - A recent case involving a young British teen demonstrates the dangers of living a life in cyberspace. - Ashleigh Hall a shy 17 year old was found murdered, bound and duct taped by 33-year old convicted rapist Peter Chapman. - Hall used facebook as a way to connect with people to feel more secure in her shy, secluded life. Chapman utilized facebook as a grooming tool to lure Hall, pretending to be her friend and potential love intrest.
 * Ryan Pierce**: You've heard it a thousand times kids sneaking out, going to parties living a double life.. what you don't know is that double is being lived right in your own home.

//(As Clip of facebook appears on screen reporter talks)//

He then raped and suffocated Hall in his car before dumping her body in a field; later confessing to the crime to local police. -This obviously isn't the first time something this drastic has happened on a social networking site, children have been bullied and mislead various times before. But ever since facebook and other social networking sites have emerged into our children's lives over the past few years kids have felt compelled to engage in conversation with people they aren't familiar with and hide these encounters from their parents. -Since children leading double lives is becoming more and more common parents are reaching out to facebook and asking the social networking site to place a button on the main page that allows users to easily report any harrasment or bullying issues. So far facebook doesn't feel that this is necessary because it already provides this service within the website.
 * Ryan Pierce**: Chapman convinced Hall who was posing as a teenage boy to meet her. Hall agreed and told her mom she was going to a sleepover. Unfortunatley for Hall, the teenage boy she fell in love with on facebook, turned out to be middle aged, convicted rapist Peter Chapman.

(Cut to clip of expert, with caption saying name and internet expert)


 * Parry Aftab Expert:** facebook is currently doing all it can to ensure safety, the rest is up to its users and for younger users their parents. Parents should be aware of what their children are doing on social networking sites and users themselves should take the necessary steps to ensure their own safety on these sites, such as not providing a ton of information about themselves and being cautious of who they meet and talk to online.

-Thank you for watching this evening.
 * Ryan Pierce**: We would like to think that after hearing Ashleigh Hall's story you and your children can walk away being safer facebook and social network users. Talk to your children to ensure their saftey and make sure they aren't living a double life like that of Ashleigh Hall.

citation: **WATT N. and MARENGHI P. (2010). //Facebook Safety measures under scrutiny after British teen's death//. ABC News, Nightline.**