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TORONTO, Canada (AFP) - – The teenage star of director David Schwimmer's new film "Trust" about online predators urged parents to talk to their kids about staying safe online.
 
"Doing this film really opened my eyes... made me more aware and more cautious," said actor Liana Liberato, 15, on Saturday, who as the character Annie meets a boy online who turns out to be much, much older and takes advantage of her in the film, which premiered at the Toronto film festival.
 
But there is a simple way for parents to protect their children while not seeming overbearing or controlling, she said.
 
"There's a way to balance it. My parents know my password (online) and they know who my friends are (online). Give them personal space but also, you know, have a good relationship with them and talk to them about it.
 
"And make sure you know who their friends are and, you know, who they're talking to. That's what my parents do," she said.
 
Schwimmer, who professed knowing several women who were raped or sexually abused as children and has worked with the Los Angeles Rape Treatment Center, added: "The best thing you can do to help with this problem is just talk with your kids."
 
"There are a lot of dangers out there," he said, touting statistics such as 89 percent of kids in online chat rooms are solicited by strangers and at any given moment there are some 50,000 sexual predators online.
 
In the film, which comes three years after the "Friends" television series star made his directorial debut with "Run Fatboy Run" in 2007, the predator is unlike those usually depicted in film or television, "the kind of guys that are weird, greasy, freaky losers that live alone or with mom," Schwimmer commented.
 
"A lot of the time, (predators) are average people in the community, they are our kids' teachers, coaches, priests and paediatricians. Sometimes they are family members and friends, or good friends of the family. They are our neighbors and they are often married with children themselves," he said.
 
"To me that's more frightening because it's the guy in the crowd that you can't spot."
 
The film also stars Oscar nominees Clive Owen ("Closer") and Catherine Keener ("Capote" and "Being John Malkovich") as Annie's parents coping with the abuse of their daughter.
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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