Letter

The Internet

BMJ 1996; 312 doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7036.977a (Published 13 April 1996)
Cite this as: BMJ 1996;312:977.2

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Facilities on the Internet may be abused

  1. Andrew Parkin (ap23@leicester.ac.uk), Wellcome research fellow in child psychiatry,
  2. David D Stretch (dds@leicester.ac.uk), Lecturer in mathematical psychology
  1. Greenwood Institute of Child Health, Leicester LE3 0QU

    EDITOR,—Two recent articles have described the use of electronic mail and the worldwide web.1 2 In his editorial on the Internet Enrico Coiera raises the problem of the disclosure of personal information3; we support what he wrote and offer the following additional comments, which are based on abuses of these facilities that we have witnessed that give rise to serious concerns.

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