Teen's murder sparks Facebook privacy plea
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Nona Belomesoff, 18, allegedly went to meet two men she befriended on Facebook (NSW Police)
Police are urging teenagers to remove their profile pictures and personal details from Facebook after a man was charged with the murder of a young Sydney woman last week.
It is alleged that Nona Belomesoff, 18, believed she was going to work with an animal welfare organisation when she left her home last Wednesday to meet two men she befriended on Facebook.
Her body was found in a creek bed in Sydney's south-west on Friday and police have charged a 20-year-old man with her murder.
Police say the second man Ms Belomesoff believed she was meeting did not exist.
The man charged with murder allegedly set up a false Facebook profile masquerading as someone who worked with animals.
The case has ignited debate on the issue of cyber safety and security, particularly when it comes to younger people.
This article made me realize that social media tools such as Facebook, like anything that becomes popular, attract people with the cruel intentions. Our community that we interact with on Facebook (our friends who we choose to accept) are actually vulnerable to predators on the web. A lot of us have a lot of trust in something that is so open sourced and available to any one person that owns a computer or has access to the internet. I think a lot of the time we forget about this. It's not as if we are sitting with a group of people writing and updating our profile. We are sitting in the privacy of our own home, feeling secure. When really nothing on the internet is safe.
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