March 30th, 2007
Parents Lost in MySpace
LiLO, from Lost in Lima Ohio has a great post about tips for parents about MySpace. Go read it now.
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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 […]
Officer: Parents must protect kids from online predators :
Do you really need to hold a seminar to teach common sense? Apparently this police officer felt that he had to. And I guess that some parents really need to hear it from someone in authority before they believe it.
Before running them through an explicit, alarming two-hour […]
MySpace donates sex offender database to center:
MySpace and background verification company Sentinel Tech Holdings will be giving a national database of sex offenders to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. This smells like a PR move on behalf of MySpace in the wake of the lawsuits being filed against them. But if any […]
MySpace.com to distribute Amber alerts:
This is not only a great service that MySpace will be providing but it’s also a great PR move on their point. It gives them almost a legitimacy in the fact that they’re serious about stopping predators. Anyway, MySpace will be providing Amber Alerts on your profile if there’s an Amber […]
Plan to let parents track MySpace profiles met with skepticism:
It seems I’m not the only one who is skeptical about MySpace’s planned parental software called Zephyr. So is Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal but for different reasons…
In a statement, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called the plan “a shortsighted and ineffective response to a towering […]
MySpace may launch parental software:
I never thought MySpace would actually give into this but it seems that they are going to be providing free parental notification software…
Parents will be able to use the software, named “Zephyr,” to find out what name, age and location their children use to represent themselves on MySpace, the Wall Street […]
Craigslist Founder Offers Tips On How To Safely Use Site:
This article is from New York journalist Jill Scoot who interviewed craigslist founder Craig Newmark. Mr. Newmark gives some pretty good tips on how to use craigslist safely. Such as to deal in cash, use common sense, meet the seller in a public area, and that […]
Young Turn to Web Sites Without Rules:
This is an article from the New York Times that talks about new websites that are social sites sort of like MySpace. However they allow live cam to cam chat between users sometimes without any moderation or enforceable age restrictions.
Popular Web sites like YouTube and MySpace have hired the […]
Editorial: Facebook changes create Facebook stalkers:
Rather than make things harder for predators it seems like Facebook decided to make things easier…
On Tuesday, facebook.com launched a series of new features that have turned every Facebook user into a dreaded �Facebook stalker.�
Now every time a user changes something on Facebook, whether it�s writing a message on someone�s […]
Experienced Cybercrime Prosecutor to Lead Xanga’s Safety Efforts; New Officer Part of Xanga’s Commitment to Online Safety:
This is a press release from Xanga but it’s still pretty impressive…
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ — As part of its comprehensive approach to online safety, Xanga has hired experienced cybercrime prosecutor, Stephen Kline, to lead […]
Zango’s Myspace partner still pushing their videos in Myspace :
It seems that spyware producers Zango are still up to their old tricks…
Stan Monlux, Zango senior director of business development, told internetnews.com they forbid partners from posting Zango content on MySpace profiles. Monlux did admit that some of its partners do violate their Agreement and that […]
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