When computers were the size of refrigerators and cost millions of dollars, society's fear about their impact on our lives emphasized their inhumanity and our resultant dehumanization. They're using them to flirt. Editors learn very quickly what sells. But involve computers, and the story suddenly becomes gossip. Now consider the view of the world this engenders.
People know that child abuse is occurring, but they tend to ignore it.
The problem is, they then associate details of the case with the category of the atrocity itself. Feedback sets in when editors work to address the specific concerns of their readers. This completes a positive feedback loop, and so things get progressively worse. They caused lesbianism or something. The superstition that computers are bad for women or their families is chilling.