Pam Wisniewski’s digital adolescence showed her the best and the worst of the internet. At 14, she left an abusive home, where she’d been isolated in a fifth-wheel trailer at the end of a seven-mile dirt road. She moved in with her older sister and taught herself to type on AOL Instant Messenger.
Source: [MIT Tech Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/19/1141623/child-monitoring-apps-need-reboot/)