Parent training for Internet sites MySpace and Facebook set for May 14:
Speaking of Mr. A he has informed me that both of our sites are being featured in an internet safety seminar given by the head of the California Computer & Technology Crime High Tech Task Force, Fred Baclagan on May 14th at 6:30 p.m. […]
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 […]
MySpace Agrees to New Safety Measures:
First let me hit you with the just the first paragraph from the AP article that’s making the rounds about MySpace’s proposed new safety measures.
Under mounting pressure from law enforcement and parents, MySpace agreed Monday to take steps to protect youngsters from online sexual predators and bullies, including searching for […]
Internet predator receives 17½ years:
Now this is a story about how responsible parents act.
After a Naperville father noticed his daughter spending more time than usual on the Internet, he installed parental monitoring software to keep a closer eye on her.
His action last summer may have kept the 13-year-old girl out of a convicted sex offender’s […]
MySpace hysteria lets politicians off easy:
This is a great editorial from New England journalist Chris Powell about the recent controversy surrounding MySpace and state attorney generals. He says what I’ve been saying for a while now…
But the politicians might as well seek to outlaw telephones, cars and roads, earlier innovations of “social networking,” which these […]
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 […]
Editorial | MySpace predators exploit ignorance:
This is an editorial from The Daily Orange, Syracuse University’s student newspaper. It’s about the recent lawsuit filed against MySpace from the families of victims of predators. Lo and behold it has a common sense tip for parents…
The parents of the children must shoulder the heaviest yoke. Too often, parents […]
Mom finds her teen�s secret life on MySpace:
Another parent with no clue waking up to the harsh reality of their kids and the internet…
Q: My 15-year-old daughter has a MySpace website (I overheard her talking about it on the phone with a girlfriend), and I was able to check it out last week. I was […]
Suburban congressman wants FTC to warn parents about MySpace:
So Congressman Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) wants the Federal Trade Commission to issue a national consumer alert warning for parents to look at the web pages their children are posting on MySpace. Isn’t that basically wasting taxpayers’ money on something that used to be known as common sense?
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MySpace.com hires child safety czar from Microsoft:
News Corp. is set on Tuesday to name a security czar to oversee child safety measures on MySpace.com, the popular teen dating and music site that has provoked an outcry among parents who fear they have not done enough to thwart sexual predators.
Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam, now director […]
Mom finds MySpace a harmful disgrace:
Check out this letter to an advice column called “Ask Amy”…
DEAR AMY: I didn’t realize the harmful nature of MySpace.com until I received an anonymous copy of my 16-year-old daughter’s MySpace page. She thought it was “just fun and games” when she posted provocative pictures on her home page. I […]
MySpace, your space, some say it’s unsafe:
Another local news article about how kids are posting too much information on their blogs. This time from Asheville, North Carolina, the Berkeley of the South.
HENDERSONVILLE � Lynn Price doesn�t remember the exact moment she realized she needed to learn something about Xanga. But she knows it was right […]
A Parent’s Guide To Checking MySpace:
Another local news article on what parents can do to protect their kids online. I only have one bone to pick with the article…
Remember, experts have said you should warn your child that you are going to look at their Web site, and be prepared to talk reasonably about how […]
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