Category Archives: Internet Safety News
Good News from Facebook
Online predators are not getting our kids email addresses randomly. Social networking sites have become a fertile breeding ground for online predators. The most dangerous are sex offenders looking for their next victim. Facebook, the world’s most popular social networking site, is creating what they are calling a “global safety advisory board.” A representative from [...]
Busyness, parenting and Internet safety
Let’s face it–all parent are busy. Busyness is just a part of family life. And when you are busy, Internet safety may not be the first thing on your mind. If you have older kids who are basically able to care for themselves you may not be standing over them when they are online. And [...]
Let’s face it–all parent are busy. Busyness is just a part of family life. And when you are busy, Internet safety may not be the first thing on your mind.
Let’s face it–all parent are busy. Busyness is just a part of family life. And when you are busy, Internet safety may not be the first thing on your mind. If you have older kids who are basically able to care for themselves you may not be standing over them when they are online. And [...]
Idaho Lawmakers Proposing Internet Safety Standards
While most schools have “filters” on their computers to keep kids from porn and spam, savvy developers usually find a way around these filters. Idaho lawmakers want to increase Internet security efforts in the state’s schools. Their proposal would require school to develop safe Internet usage policies that would have to be approved by their [...]
Have You Heard About Chatroulette.com?
This is the site that pairs people in random chats. A woman in Texas may be paired to chat with a man in Japan. Anyone can join and no one is screened. That means your children could be paired with sex offenders and other felons. On Monday the Texas attorney general warned parents to make [...]
Great headline!
“It’s like Inviting Pedophiles Into Your Home” –Internet Safety. This was the recent headline on a column in the Huffington Post. It sounds extreme, but it’s true. Pedophiles don’t often break into your home and hurt your children. They like to take the easy route and hide behind their computer screens. Read the full article here: [...]
Massachusetts Court Rules that Text Messages are not Illegal When Used by Sexual Predators
You read that right. That was an actual headline in the Boston Globe this month. Here’s the back story: A man in California was sending a 13-year-old girl sexually explicit messages. The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts ruled that instant messages were not covered under the current law. What do you think? Here’s a link [...]
New York Officials Find More than 3,500 Sex Offenders on Social Networking Sites
Social networking is becoming a popular tool for parents and children to share photos and information about their life. It’s also become a popular place for sex offenders to search for new victims. In New York, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that more than 3,500 sex offenders from his state were found on the popular [...]
New Study Reveals Interesting Facts about Kids and the Computer
As a child in the 70s (ooops, I am telling my age), a lot of emphasis was placed on playing outside. Kids seem to be getting away from outdoor activity. A new study from the Kaiser Foundation, kids between the ages of 7 and 18 spend more than seven and a half hours a day [...]
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