Harvard scholars to explore Net safety:
Because the cuontry’s state Attorney’s General are too afraid to tell parents to do their damn jobs a group of Harvard scholars will be heading a year long task force on internet safety for children.
I’m actually not going to spend a whole lot of keystrokes on this story because I […]
My not so safe space, still?:
This is a great artilce from the Philadelphia Inquirer about how MySpace’s ‘pact’ with the Attorneys General is pretty much useless. Who says so? Why Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett says so.
That’s because the safety barriers it prescribes depend largely on MySpace subscribers’ truthfully reporting their ages when creating online […]
Want To Protect Kids On MySpace? IP Addresses Are The Answer:
The short answer is no.
The author of the article takes MySpace to task for their pointless new safety measures. He also suggests that instead of giving your child’s e-mail address to MySpace to keep them off of it he suggests giving your IP address instead. […]
Children’s Advocacy Group Scoffs at New MySpace Security Measures:
Robert Fellmeth is the director of the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego. He’s not happy with the new proposed security measures that MySpace will be putting in place.
I’m just concerned that parents will get a false sense of security that this is […]
Teens turn to sites without monitoring:
This article from a local Arizona news outlet brings up a great point.
While soccer moms and politicians have their panties in a wad over MySpace no one is paying attention to the more dangerous site, in my opinion, Stickam.
Stickam is an unmonitored webcam chat site. To the unenlightened that means […]
Strangers A ‘Cost of Doing Business’ On MySpace:
A post by Jason Lee Miller at WebProNews contains a starling reality when it comes to kids and MySpace or any other social network…
The latest report from Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms what might be common sense about teens and social networking, but also has a […]
Mom poses as male teen online to catch daughter:
A 13-year-old Alabama girl received a message from a 17-year-old boy over the social site Bebo. She had made the Bebo profile without parental permission and lied on the profile saying she was 16.
They had brief Internet conversations and after he sent her a photo of his […]
Voyeurs ‘R Us: What parents need to know about Stickam:
This is a great article from Amy Tiemann at Wired about every parent’s worst nightmare on the internet, Stickam.
Common sense tells most parents that the whole idea of live video chats involving minors is a ridiculously risky business to start out with. As Stickam’s corporate […]
Thanks to Char at Weary Parent we have another PSA from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about kids posting too much information online.
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The following is a PSA from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about posting too much personal information online.
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LiLO, from Lost in Lima Ohio has a great post about tips for parents about MySpace. Go read it now.
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IMSafer Launches MySpace Monitoring for Parents:
From the article…
IMSafer, an online parental monitoring tool that works with instant messengers including AIM, Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger, launched their service for MySpace on Wednesday. This is exceedingly important, as MySpace is often a target for the press regarding their safety options and the tools they offer for […]
Mr. Safety Keeps Watch on MySpace Security:
This is an excellent article by Sarah D. Scalet for CSO Online about MySpace’s CSO Hemanshu Nigam and the job he’s been doing since he was hired.
Yours truly happened to be interviewed for the article as well. I think that Mr. Nigam is doing the best job possible […]
Potential Dangers Of Webcams:
Just another local news article, this time from Philly, about the dangers of Stickam.
For two months, CBS 3 has been monitoring the website stickam.com - the latest in chat room websites that allow users to communicate using a webcam.
It’s as simple as hooking up your camera, logging onto the site, and then […]
Live, Streaming Website Poses Online Dangers:
Back when I first posted about Stickam I had the feeling that it’s unmonitored webcam chats would make MySpace look like an ice cream social. Unfortunately it seems I was right…
If you haven’t heard of Stickam, chances are, your kids have. It’s another social networking site, much like MySpace, Friendster […]
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