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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 [...]
Exciting News at KidsEmail.org
We are always looking for ways to serve you better. In the past few weeks, we have been upgrading our servers (pun intended!). Some of you may have noticed some glitches during this upgrade and we apologize. Most of you should not notice any changes at all. We have a lot of exciting things happening. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 howKidsEmail.org protects our kids from predators, but we also shield your children from spam peddlers. Kids are apt to believe anything sometimes—they [...]
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