People began claiming that kids who played these games a lot were more likely to act out, such as the two teenagers in Denver, and harm others. Monday, July 19 On the Internet you can be anyone you want. Put another way, the Internet makes it easy to lie about your identity. In chat rooms people pretend to be older or younger than they really are. Boys pretend to be girls, girls pretend to be boys.
People invent imaginary occupations and life histories.
Some people have celebrated this ambiguity, believing that the Internet provides a safe place for people to explore new identities. They believe that on the Internet, race, gender and age do not matter, and that this creates an opportunity for new freedoms. Others have criticized the same aspect of the Internet. They claim that it encourages people to be dishonest, it creates opportunities for perverts to prey on children, and it encourages people to live in a fantasy world instead of facing up to the challenges of real life. This can be anything at all.