Russian’s roulette creates new networking danger

THE explosion in social networking technology has thrown up many anxieties for parents fearful of who is trying to interact with their child and what images are being thrust before them.

The threat of grooming and exploitation through such websites as Facebook and Bebo has been well documented and whole swathes of technology have been rolled out to try to address the problem.

However, thanks to a 17-year-old youth and his PC, a new social networking phenomenon was unleashed upon the world at the end of last year.