Our digital darkness / Sunday Herald, 11 Feb 2007
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Iain S Bruce
"A TEACHER is assaulted, another man is murdered and the rape of a teenage girl is filmed, digitised and served up for the titillation of millions. Grown men ruthlessly manipulate the young, scheming rivals intimidate their prey, and all manner of rogues and con artists stand poised to fleece you of everything you own. Welcome to another weekend in cyberspace.
Captured on a mobile phone, distributed electronically and splashed across the front pages, the happy-slapping assault on Hawick High School head Alan Williamson awoke a media storm last week. Following hard on the heels of a widely-reported incident in which a young footballer filmed a 14-year-old having sex at a party then sent the clip far and wide, the incident opened many eyes to a catalogue of online offences that grows by the minute."