Child safety

Facebook to issue Amber alerts — exclusive interview with John Walsh

January 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Facebook and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) are teaming up to put Amber Alerts about missing children on Facebook News Feeds, but only if they [...]

Connected devices at CES raise security, privacy and safety questions

January 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

It seems as if almost every exhibitor at CES was showing things that connect to other things. LG showed off washing machines and kitchen appliances that send messages to [...]

Researcher sets the record straight on teen sexting

January 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

I rarely blog about other people’s blog posts, but the post, “Chances are, Your Teen has NOT Sexted” by Dr. Justin Patchin is worthy of amplification and further [...]

Empowering youth to combat bullying & cyberbullying

December 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

Youth Bullying (and adult bullying too) has been around for a very long time, but over the past couple of decades it’s evolved — hence the term [...]

Apps that encourage positive comments

December 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

A pair of relatively new apps are designed specifically to encourage positive comments. To learn more, CBS News Tech Analyst Larry Magid (who is also co-director of [...]

Safety & civility advice for anonymous apps

December 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

After School’s iTunes page promises to let you post anonymously A growing number of apps allow people to post anonymously. Some of the better known ones include Ask.fm, [...]

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s ‘Tell a Trusted Adult’ video

December 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

A great way to teach young children the importance of reaching out for help if someone makes them feel uncomfortable. This is an effective video the explains what a [...]

Online safety is not just about ‘life’

December 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

One of the sessions at the Family Online Safety Institute conference that was held in Washington in November focused on re-defining online safety. During the session, a [...]

Survey finds parents mostly OK with kids’ use of tech

November 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

A survey released today by the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), found that “93% of parents feel that their child is at least somewhat safe when he or she is [...]

Time to redefine and de-silo online safety efforts

November 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

I’m in Washington DC to attend the Family Online Safety Institute’s (FOSI) annual conference that gets underway on Wednesday. This year’s theme is Redefining Internet [...]

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