Parents Hear Stark Story of Cyberbullying, Depression and Suicide
It seems that the world children are being raised in today is much safer than the one their parents came of age in. From playdates to prom night, children are chaperoned throughout all social situations.
Except the social situations that matter most: those found on the internet. That was the message that John Halligan brought to the parents of New Milford last week when he spoke about his son Ryan’s suicide at the age of 13 in 2003. In painstaking language, Halligan explained that the weapon that assisted in the death of his son was the internet…..read more…
6 Steps to Staying Safe on Social Networks
Personal information is exchanged as if the conversation were happening in a private space. But the fact is that you’re really speaking in public. Depending on the forum and privacy settings, large groups of people you don’t know — possibly even the entire world — might have access to your intimate conversations and off-hand remarks….read more…
Who’s responsible for keeping our kids safe online?
Cable.co.uk
Parents, teachers and internet service providers all need to play a part in protecting children online.
With Safer Internet Day taking place this week, the issue of who should be ultimately responsible for protecting children while they browse the web has cropped up once again…read more…
Teach your kids the hazards of Cyber-bullying
Chicago Tribune
While bullying has always been a problem encountered during childhood and adolescence, we all know it’s on the rise. When a child is intentionally and repeatedly mean to another child, the cycle begins…read more…
The Privacy Problem – Living Our Lives Online
Business 2 Community
We’re at a bit of a crossroads here on the Internet. Technology is
advancing at an amazingly rapid pace, and we, the users, are having a hard
time keeping up. One problem we are now facing is that we want to have our
cake and eat it, too. Nearly every …read more…
Facebook’s Wonky Privacy Controls Now Outing LGBT Youth Without Their Consent
BetaBeat
Whenever Facebook is taken to task for its complicated yet miraculously ineffective privacy settings, its canned response typically amounts to, “We’re working to make our privacy settings as nuanced as possible.” ….read more…
FBI Warns of New ‘Drive-By’ Internet Scam
Patch.com
The FBI is warning computer users of an Internet scam that freezes computers immediately.
Computers are affected by the new “drive-by” virus when users click on a compromised website, according to the FBI. The scam is described as a drive-by malware, a.k.a. the Reveton ransomware. Once infected, a person’s computer immediately locks, and the monitor displays a screen stating there has been a violation of federal law, according to a….read more…
Parents need to be aware of teens’ online activities
King Township Sentinel
Parents should monitor their teens’ texting habits. Parents of teens need
to be aware and fully involved in their lives, in order to help keep them
safe and on the straight and narrow. That message was delivered by York
Regional Police Constable Natasha ….read more…
Teen Nearly Impaled by Fence After Texting While Driving
KTLA
Teen Nearly Impaled by Fence After Texting While Driving. Email · print.
Comments. 10. KTLA News. 4:25 p.m. PDT, August 7, 2012. ABERDEEN, WA — An
18-year-old is lucky he wasn’t impaled after driving into a fence while
texting and driving…read more…
When bullies go online, targets are constant, continuous victims
Medill Reports: Chicago
Acts that most seriously disrupt the orderly educational process in the Chicago Public Schools, include: “Use of any computer, including social networking websites, or use of any technology device or hacking into the CPS…read more..
Police Chief to parents: Hack your kids facebook accounts
SecurityNewsDaily
Kids put themselves in potentially dangerous situations online every day, especially on Facebook, where they run the risk of coming into contact with child predators who troll the social networking site…read more…
Simulator shows dangers of texting while driving
WIV
Their message is clear: texting and driving can have deadly consequences. State Police are using this simulator to show people what happens when they take…read more…
Some teens may have to register online as sex offenders
Wyoming Tribune
The purpose of the federal Adam Walsh Act is public safety, said Jennifer Horvath, an attorney with the Wyoming chapter of the American Civil Liberties…read more…
Spokeo Threatens Internet Safety for Kids?
Associated Content
According to the FBI, involves their kids and the Internet…read more…
Cyber-bullies throw punches on new website
Los Angeles Times
… studies how the Internet affects young people, only recently heard of
Formspring. Anonymity coupled with a tiny text box can make teens brazen,
he said…read more…
Are Your Kids Ready for a Cell Phone?
Huffington Post
Block mature content websites from Internet-enabled phones. Restrict time of day phone can be used (eg, block usage during school hours or after bedtime)…read more…
Video Girl Barbie features video camera pedophiles could use to watch young girls…
ABC Action News
So if your daughter is playing with Video Girl Barbie, make sure she…read more…
Sexting and Bullying make world dangerous place for your teen
Chesterton Tribune
Fully 39 percent of teens and 59 percent of young adults report having sent sexually explicit messages over their cell phones…read more…
Apple patents Anit Sexting Device
The Huffington Post
Apple has just been awarded a patent for what looks to be a system…read more…
Nude photos and cruel messages, teen digital dating abuse grows
CNN
Youths are using their tech gadgets and social media to abuse each other in romantic relationships…read more…
Facebook in Privacy Breach
The Wall Street Journal
Top-Ranked Applications Transmit Personal IDs, a Journal Investigation Finds…read more…
Federal Government Unveils New Toolkits To Promote Online Child Safety
Political News.me (press release)
“Safety of our children is vital to our nation’s health… read more…
65% of Web Users Are Victims of Cybercrime
PC World
Nearly two thirds (65 percent) of web users across the world have been the victim of cybercrime, says Symantec….read more…
Woman posed as boy to lure teen girl for sex
Los Angeles Times
Police say that the suspect tried to engage with the teen over the social
network site MySpace by posing as a teenage boy named “Alex”…read more…
Keeping Kids Safe On Cellphones
Forbes
For tweens and teens, cellphones are the perfect tool for being constantly
connected to the outside world. Texting use has skyrocketed…read more…
Teens Texting
The Pew Internet and American Life Project
Text messaging has become the primary way that teens reach their friends, surpassing face-to-face contact, email, instant messaging and voice calling as the go-to daily communication tool for this age group …read more…
Teens, Texting, and Social Isolation
The Pew Internet and American Life Project
Second, Pew Internet data shows that face-to-face interaction is holding
relatively steady. In 2006, 31% reported daily face-to-face interaction
with their…read more…
Sexual Predator Bills Head to House Floor for Full Votes
The Jacksonville Observer
Following emotional testimony, a House panel on Tuesday approved a pair of
bills backers say will better protect children from sexual predators and
give … read more…
Hey, Kids: To Cops, Sexting and Child Porn Are the Same
True/Slant
Teens also might need to be reminded of the youngsters who have killed
themselves over cyber-bullying incidents over the last few years…
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Internet Safety 101: Protecting Your Kids
Christian Broadcasting Network
But a new safety program designed just for mom and dad could help.
“Internet Safety 101″ includes a DVD teaching series and other resources
put together by … read more…
Sex Offender Allowed to Live Near School
NYTimes.com
James F. Donnelly, a convicted sex offender, is living in the house on the right, across from Wildwood Elementary School…read more…
Chelsea King and a California Sex Offender
blogs.abcnews.com
Police believe a convicted sex offender arrested in the disappearance of San Diego high school student Chelsea King raped and murdered the girlread more…
New Software Aims to Keep Facebook Safer
Wall Street Journal (blog) – By Jennifer Valentino
As social-media sites like Facebook and Twitter have expanded to include more of the online population, spammers and hackers have come …read more…
PARENTING WEEK: BULLYING
Book of Odds
… in the classroom, after school, and, increasingly, through their cell phones and on the Internet, a rising phenomenon called cyberbullying. … read more…
Parents Need to Talk to Kids About Internet Use, Experts Say…
IDG News Service
Internet safety experts urge parents to talk to their kids about online safety read more…
Anthony Sowell and Philip Garrido Cases Raise Questions About Sex Offenders …
ABC News
Both Philip Garrido and Anthony Sowell duped officers doing routine house checks that nothing criminal was occurring in their home…read more…
Parents, police monitoring kids’ cell phones ?
CNN.com
Colorado officer uses cell-phone monitoring software to catch Sexual Predators ….
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Does your social class determine your online social network?
CNN.com
These social-networking divides are worrisome…with those who share our income level, education, or racial background…read more…
Philip Garrido, the alleged kidnapper of Jaycee Lee Dugard, was a “monster” according to a Las Vegas casino girl who he raped …
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The Helicopter Parents Are Hovering on Facebook
Wall Street Journal
In the new era of helicopter parenting, more and more parents and kids are
meeting up, and clashing, on Facebook, MySpace and other social-networking
sites. …read more…
Back to School Online Safety Tips
Groesbeck Journal
Keep Checking your children’s Internet activity. Know where they go
online. Let them know that you’ll keep checking because you want them to
understand … read more…
Can parents learn anything from the Jaycee Dugard story?
San Francisco Chronicle
What’s more, Dugard was the victim of a sexual predator … read more…
Predators Use Internet Gaming To Reach Victims
WFMY News 2
Greensboro, NC — On-line predators may be using internet video gaming as
the latest path to their victims. According to child safety advocates – -
one in …read more…
More than half of all 12-year-olds have Cell Phones
Tampa Tribune
Verizon sells certain Parental Control Services for $4.99 per month,
and a “Chaperone” locator service for $9.99 that also sends alerts when
kids enter or …read more…
Online Spying is an aid to Parents
Vancouver Sun
While sounds about as appealing to the average teen as taking your mom
along when you hang out with your friends, Doctor sees it as simply part of
the …read more…
Man gets 5 years for Child Porn
Yakima Herald-Republic
The case started in April when the Northwest Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received information that child pornography had been … read more…
Kids’ top searches include ‘Porn’
BBC News
In a statement Symantec’s internet safety advocate, Marian Merritt, said
that with the service, “parents can stay in the loop on what their kids are
doing … read more…
Security 101: Staying safe in your own home
Examiner.com
Visit them on the Internet at HomeSafetyCouncil.org. You can follow the
Internet Safety 101 series and learn how to protect your child online…
read more…
Back to school: educating students on School Bullying
Examiner.com
In the current age of technology, children are subjected to cyber bullying,
harassing phone calls, emails and text messages. A bully with a cell phone
and … read more…
Electronics use is affecting teen bedtimes, learning capabilities
Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com
With cell phones and other forms of handheld entertainment, it is easy for
kids to push back bedtime with a late-night chat or gaming session. …
read more…
Online stalking helps rise in reported rapes
CharlotteObserver.com
Rape is the only major crime category up this year, according to CMPD
statistics. Through July, there were 26 more rapes reported to police (185)
than last …read more…
Teens, Kids and Cell Phone Safety
By Sue Scheff
Purchase a cell phone that doesn’t provide access to the internet. In all
likelihood, your child already has a computer at home or school with
internet access. It isn’t necessary for them to have the internet on the
cell phone also. …read more…
Divulge Lightly On Social Networking Sites, Experts Say
Omaha, NE
A recent study conducted at the University of Massachusetts found that 21
percent of colleges use social networking sites to gather information on
their … read more…
What Parents Need to Know
San Saba,TX
A recent survey indicates that 6 percent of teens who use social networking
sites say someone has posted an embarrassing picture of them online without
… read more…
Texting has become the preferred means of communication for teens
Hendersonville, NC
After breathing, texting undoubtedly tops the list of
critical needs in the minds of millions of teens… read more…
Police say man used MySpace to lure, molest teen
Boston Herald – United States
Gwinnett County authorities have charged a 26-year-old man with using the
social networking site MySpace to lure a teenager to a vacant
home and …read more…
Police: Molester posed as teen girl on MySpace
Atlanta Journal Constitution – GA, USA
The boy said he met a girl on the social networking site who promised sex
if he would allow … read more…
Time on Social Networks almost doubles in a year
Reuters – USA
Spending more time on social networks and blogs?… read more…
The iPhone’s Next Frontier: Porn
Leading porn purveyors see the iPhone as a dream come true…
read more…
Facebook isn’t just for Teens, Parents are now it’s fastest …
Houston, Texas
It’s the most popular social networking site in the world. Millions of teenagers are on Facebook and now so are mom and dad….read more…
New Survey: Sexting Happens among Pre-Teens, Too
Rodale News
The most recent Sexting survey found that among the 300 girls …
read more…
Study Shows Large Increase in Internet Predator Arrests
Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire
A new study finds dramatic growth nationwide in arrests of online predators…read more…
Exposed: Teens take to ‘Sexting’
Fairfax Digital
Though youth is fleeting, images sent on a mobile phone or posted online may…read more…
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