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McFly In The Web

McFly. Here to save the internet.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

No it's McFly. And they're here to save the internet...

Actually, we shouldn't take the mickey. The (actually alarmingly succesful) band have closed down their social networking profiles because they heard that assorted pervs had been posing as them in chat rooms.

According to statistics, around one in 10 kids have been targeted by a paedophile in chat rooms and over the net, while 20 per cent of 11-19 year olds have been bullied in cyberspace.

Scarier still – for parents anyway – 25 per cent of 11-16 year olds claim to have met someone for real after brefriending them online.

'There have been a few instances we know of where people pretended to be our friends or families and even us,' revealed Danny McFly.

No, we don't know which one he is either. Do we look like perverts?

'They had pictures and information about us and used it to talk to our fans or try and meet up,' he continued. 'It's scary what power they have got. You have to be very careful.'

'We say to our fans, 99.9 per cent of the time it won't be us,' added Harry. 'So don't fall for it. We need to know our fans are safe using the internet.'

The band were speaking out at the start of the International Youth Advisory Congress, which is working on a charter to present to the United Nations about internet safety.

Jim Gamble, head of the Virtual Global Taskforce, explained: 'When I am online, I can pretend to be McFly, I can pretend to be Madonna' – yeah, you can Jim, you perv - 'because there is sufficient information available to give me enough insight to be them with a degree of accuracy.

'It’s fantastic to have McFly here as they speak the language of the internet. They relate to young people and they then take the message seriously.

After all, who needs common sense and strong parenting when we have McFly?

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