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 […]
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 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 […]
Government urged to make websites safer for children:
An expert on pedophile activity, Doctor Rachel O’Connell, has urged the government of Ireland to issue a state e-mail address to all students in Irish schools to help websites like Bebo verify the users age. Not a bad idea in theory but I can already think of a […]
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 […]
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the Advertising Council and MySpace Partner to Promote Online Safety:
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children(R) (NCMEC), the Advertising Council and News Corporation, parent company of Fox Interactive Media and MySpace, announced today a joint effort to promote online safety through the deployment of a series of […]
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 […]
MySpace Dangers:
Yet another local news expose on the evils of MySpace. That seems to be the in thing with local newscasts right now…
MySpace.com is a growing phenomenon among teens and also an easy way for people to find you if you’re not careful. Many people think, ‘It couldn’t happen to me.’
Only on KXAN, Jenny Hoff […]
A MySpace Cheat Sheet for Parents:
Wired has some pretty good tips for parents with kids that have a MySpace. The only thing I disagree with is do a search for your kids MySpace. You’re their parents first and their friends second.
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