Category Archives: Internet safety

No Longer Dancing

I have a confession. I have been holding back and not saying what I really feel. Let me explain.
For more than 15 years I was a reporter that spent most of my career focusing on crime. The last four of my journalism career I was a crime reporter in a medium-sized Georgia town. It’s a [...]

Spam and Botnets

The news this week produced some surprising facts about just how much spam is out there. According to a story in several technology magazines, about 90 percent of emails sent in February were spam. Some of that spam contained malicious spyware. Earlier today Spanish officials announced that three people were arrested and charged with infecting [...]

Twitter Shock

Twitter is a great business tool so it should be no surprise that pornographers and spammers are there trying to persuade you follow them. When a word that is not allowed to be said in PG-13 movies appeared in our Twitter feed, I assumed it was from a spammer or porn site. I was shocked [...]

Happy Families Mentions KidsEmail.org

Justin Coulson writes a great blog called Happy Families. If you are not reading it, I high recommend it. He has great advice from the Land Down Under.
His blog from today mentions KidsEmail.org. You can read it here.
http://happyfamiliesblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-are-your-children-doing-online.html

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:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheila-lirio-marcelo/its-like-inviting-pedophi_b_458213.html

Who’s watching your kids?

Back in the 80’s there was a popular saying, “It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?” The premise behind the saying was that we should be watching our kids all the time. But in the 80’s parents could have never imagined the Internet and the dangers that it can bring.
As much as [...]

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 [...]

Do We Really Want to Feed Our Kids Spam?

I am talking about the kind of spam that tells you that you have chosen as the winner of an X-Box or that you can lose 10 pounds today. I talk a lot about how KidsEmail.org protects our kids from predators, but we also shield your children from spam peddlers.
Kids are apt to believe anything [...]

Cyberbullying

Bullies are not just on the playground. They can now follow your child wherever they go as long as your child is online. Cyberbulling is defined as online messages meant to demean, threaten or cause emotional distress to another. These messages can be emails or instant messages in a chat room. Some bullies will post [...]

What do you want to know about Internet safety or KidsEmail.org?

Parenting has never been an easy job. In the past 15 years, the Internet has become something else that parents have to monitor.
We are committed to keeping kids safe online. If you have a question about Internet safety or our services, please post it here. We would love to answer your questions.