When young girls are mentioned in the same breath as the internet, talk to bound to turn to the necessity of protecting them from the myriad adult sexual predators lurking in the shadows of chat rooms. The idea that children, and in particular young girls, are innocents who need protection from the adult world is one of our most deeply rooted cultural beliefs. The borderless character of the Net – the fact that it allows adults and children to exchange images and information – is seen as something that jeopardises this innocence.