Category Archives: Internet safety
Keep Your Children Safe From Internet Pornography
Internet Pornography is a huge issue in today’s society. Most parents already know that there is no quick fix to pornography. There is almost no way to completely eliminate this information from being uploaded onto the web. A study done by the United States Research Council entitled: Youth, Pornography, and the Internet, confirms that finding [...]
What’s The Buzz Around Google?
As if parents did not have enough to worry with, Google announced a new form of social media in February–Buzz. Immediatly internet safety experts expressed concerns about Buzz including one feature that allowed GPS to disclose a person’s location.
Google took action this week and has launched some safety videos aimed at teens about internet safety. [...]
New Laws Targeting Predators
Many state legislatures meet during the first few months of the year and most are now winding down. Every year a new crop of laws are introduced regarding online sexual predators. This year Wisconsin is taking the lead in penalizing online predators. Their proposed law would double the penalty for predators who actually meet a [...]
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 even [...]
What do you think about a Facebook panic button?
Internet safety supporters in England are upset that Facebook has refused to add a panic button to the site. The button would automatically alert the social media site when a child felt threatened. Facebook officials said they have a reporting system in place that would actually work faster than a panic button.
The request came after [...]
Another online danger–Blackmail
Not all online predators are older men looking to seduce children. Some are using a child’s trust to blackmail them. While some of them do want sexual favors, some are after money.
The most popular blackmail scheme begins when the predator earns the child’s trust. He (or in rare cases she) may have the child send [...]
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 [...]
What They Don’t Tell You About Being a Parent
As I was scanning my Facebook posts today one of my friends, who is a new parent, posted that he didn’t wasn’t told how much it would affect you to hear stories of children being harmed after you have a child. He said it more elquoently than that but you get the picture.
I know exactly [...]
