Monthly Archives: May 2011

Facebook wants to allow children under 13

Zukerberg said the social media site hasn’t done much to protect users under 13 because of COPPA restrictions, but says if they were lifted, Facebook would implement programs that would be tailored to younger users.
In return for lifting the Act, or exempting Facebook from it, Zuckerberg said the social network would [...]

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Summer Time Safety

Summer Is Time To Install A Computer Safety Filter
Schools across the country are letting out for summer break. Most parents are excited for the time off from monitoring homework and getting kids to bed early. But along with the break from the demands of school comes extra unmonitored time. While this time is often great, [...]

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How To Make Sure Your Son Struggles With Pornography

If you want to make sure your son has trouble with the ever present, ever available flood of pornography make sure you take the following steps:
1. Pretend only a few twisted men find pornography to be a temptation.
If you catch your son with pornography make sure you let him know he must be part of [...]

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Help For Parents

Cyber Safety Seminar has begun offering a new service for parents.
If you are concerned about internet safety, either with keeping your child safe online including with social network safety or concerned with keeping pornography out of your home, check out Cyber Safety Seminar’s new service.
If you are not sure where to start or how to [...]

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State of the Cyber World, 2011

The National Cyber Security Alliance has released its 2011 State of Cyberethics, Cybersafety and Cybersecurity Curriculum in the U.S. Survey .
On their blog they state: “Simply put, we are concerned about this issue because we believe that to reap the full benefits of what the Internet has to offer, we need to be [...]

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Time On Internet Tied to Teen Depression

Journal of the Academy of Pediatrics reports on a study that found children who spend too much time and very little time on the internet have higher rates of depression.
You can read the article here: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/127/2/e330

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Parents Need To Be Ready And In Control

Just in case you thought evil would stand still, just for a moment – here comes news about new technologies to enhance cyber kissing. When will this type of technology end? No telling!
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/06/kissing-box-takes-cyber-sex-new-creepier-level/

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