Internet Safety

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• Online Safety Blogosphere Round Up for Nov 9, 2009

  
  Filtering Facts — Authority: 91
  Marian Merritt has  a “ Recap of This Year’s Family Online Safety Institute Annual Conference ” Not thinking of kids as victims. This is new thinking indeed for the Internet safety world. We know that for children who are victimized by online predators, often these are the same kids displaying risk factors ...
  9 hours ago

• Parents Beat Kid Over MySpace Page

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 126
  Okay, this is a little too far. As much as the parents may have hated the idea of their 14-year-old girl being on MySpace, especially against their wishes, this is NOT the answer. Makes me sick. November 3, 2009 Parents allegedly beat teen for getting MySpace page By Eric Litke, Sheboygan Press staff A ...
  16 hours ago

• Cyberbullying forum

  
  Tim's Blog de Blog — Authority: 91
  This weeks forum on cyberbullying was a day well spent out of the office. New (and young) faces from across Aus gave a welcome mix of opinion- the highlight was the two keynotes- Donna Cross (Edith Cowan) and Marylin Campbell (QUT). But also the student voices-some of which contradicted the conventional wisdom. One ...
  3 days ago

• We Need Smart Online Safety, Not Thoughtless Rhetoric

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 126
  Great article. I agree with everything 100%. I just wish parents would listen, learn and act… Happy Friday! November 1, 2009 A Better Safety Net: It’s time to get smart about online safety It’s time to get smart about online safety By Anne Collier, School Library Journal Online safety as we ...
  3 days ago

• Social Networks and Kids

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 126
  This is a good thought-provoking piece from CNN on the appropriate age for social networks like MySpace and Facebook. Truthfully, I don’t think it’s an age thing, I think it’s a maturity thing. I know a lot of 12-year-old that can be ok on there, and a lot of 16-year-olds that shouldn’t be on there. Either ...
  3 days ago

• Internet Safety For Kids Part 2

  
  Web Templates — Authority: 500
  Are you one of those parents who have teenager that search the Internet all the time? If you are, then maybe a few things that concern you. There are many ways that your child can use the Internet, research for school projects, but the other side is the social aspect of meeting with their friends or other people ...
  4 days ago

• 14-year-old Girl Runs Away with 18-year-old College Boy She Met Online

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 126
  The moral of the story here is that a 14-year-old girl lied about her age and voluntarily ran away with an 18-year-old boy she met online. Think your kids are perfect angels? Are you sure? Better think twice. If the parents had computer monitoring software , they could have prevented this situation from happening. ...
  4 days ago

• Illinois Launches Internet Safety Contest

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 126
  This is some very cool news to report, from the “Land of Lincoln”… November 3, 2009 State pushing internet safety message to students Illinois launches its first statewide Internet safety contest to raise awareness about the dangers of the Internet. State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. ...
  4 days ago

• OSTWG Discusses Parental Controls for Child Safety

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 593
  Emerson once said that we should do the thing we fear, and then death of fear is certain. Similarly, parents that fear their child’s use of technology can use technology themselves to monitor, filter and block their children’s Internet use. I’m a member of the NITA Online Safety and Technology Working Group ...
  4 days ago

• TD RADIO AIRS TONIGHT @ 9PM ET, 6PM PT!!!!“HOW TO: Stay Safe and Smart on the Internet”

  
  Teen Diaries Blog — Authority: 140
  TONIGHT, we’ll be providing tips on how to be safe and smart online as well as sharing stories about teens and young adults who suffered severely by participating in unsafe activity on the web. ( CLICK HERE @ 9PM ET ) or Call (646) 929-2520 to listen LIVE (or talk to the guests) from your cell or home phone. ...
  4 days ago

• Online Dangers to Child Safety

  
  Best Strength — Authority: 145
  What is there to say about the world children live in these days? Sexed-up television, pornographic Internet sites and videos and violent board games. A world that is lowering its standards, values, and morals every day, surrounds our children. What makes it even worse is that we cannot use Parental Controls any more ...
  4 days ago

• Family Online Safety Institute Conference

  
  FreeRangeKids — Authority: 619
  That’s where I’m at, in Washington D.C.  I’ll let you know what I find out! So far, it’s just nice being reminded that the Internet is safer than the headlines make it sound.  You know — same as the real world. Virtually.
  4 days ago

• Peer-to-Peer Goes Both Ways

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 510
  We all know the dangers of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and their role in distributing malware. Most people who deal with this problem work tirelessly to limit the impact of these potential threat points by (among other things) adding antivirus, firewalling, watching network flows for P2P traffic, and usually outright ...
  5 days ago

• Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday #66

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 126
  Here are two more good reasons to keep track of who your kids are talking to online… A 40-year-old Florida man got 20 years for luring and molesting a 12-year-old and 14-year-old girl through MySpace. THIS GUY SUCCEEDED! A 52-year-old man in Pennsylvania was arrested for driving to a meeting in hopes of having ...
  5 days ago

• Tis the Season for Christmas Spam! Fa La La La La…

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 510
  It didn’t take long for spammers to change from Halloween lures to spam and malware. They’ve already moved to the Christmas season, and we have started to see emails from the Cutwail botnet that are using a Christmas theme to trick users into visiting malicious websites. Spammers must be trying to beat ...
  6 days ago

• Facebook Phishing Campaign Pushes ‘Cocktail’ Attack

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 510
  We have already discussed the Facebook phishing campaign. Now the scammers are using the phishing campaign not just for spamming but also for a “cocktail” attack. The scammers have targeted Facebook, telling them that the Facebook account passwords have been changed. The malware downloads a keylogger to ...
  6 days ago

• Twitter Lists & Aggregated Content: Are We Responsible?

  
  The Fischbowl — Authority: 114
  I was part of an interesting discussion on Twitter Friday night and I wanted to share it here, as well as add a few final thoughts. Participants that I reference are Bud Hunt , Brian Crosby , Dean Sharesk i, Anne Van Meter , Barbara Barreda , and Karen Fasimpaur . Thanks to all of you for helping me think ...
  6 days ago

• The missing letter that links Fake AV and Extreme Porn

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 510
  Today, Microsoft’s Security Intelligence report is out and it’s no surprise that it’s littered with FakeAV/security product threats. Four out of the top 5 threats in the US no less. Let me show you that with a keen eye and our threat intelligence databases the same group are responsible for a diverse set of ...
  6 days ago

• Advances in the Fight Against Cyberbullying

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 126
  It’s always great to report news like this: a local school district (in this case, a Cassia County in Idaho) has adopted a new policy and set of guidelines to help combat cyberbullying. This is great. Of course, parents are a big key to solving this problem as well. They need to do their job in the home of 1) ...
  6 days ago

• MySpace Monday Mayhem (#18b)

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 126
  The bottom line here is that a school district imposed punishments on girls who, during the summer, took very provocative and sexually-themed photos and put them on their MySpace pages. There was no nudity. Now, the ACLU is suing the school system on behalf of the girls saying their 1st amendment rights were violated. ...
  1 week ago

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