Virtual world safety
Anne Collier of NetFamilyNews just posted a piece about virtual world moderators. She points out that “Virtual worlds are a red-hot topic these days, probably because [...]
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Is Taser’s phone monitoring program overparenting?
Taser International, the company that makes Taser guns to help law enforcement subdue unruly suspects, now has a product aimed at children. At CES, the company announced the [...]
Youth take fewer risks than 20 years ago
by Larry Magid A study released Wednesday by the Girl Scouts shows that young people report they take fewer risks and treat each other better than their counterparts of a [...]
How to hide your Facebook friends list
by Larry Magid Facebook last Wednesday announced new privacy settings that give users some additional control over what information they share, while taking away the ability [...]
At least Facebook’s new privacy settings make you think
Facebook last week launched some privacy settings that give users the option of targeting individual posts to specific people or groups of people. But most significant about [...]
Facebook details new privacy settings
Facebook users are about to see an unfamiliar screen when they sign on to the service–a request to configure their privacy preferences. But it’s not really a [...]
Youth use cell phones for ‘dating abuse’
by Larry Magid Cell phones and the Internet are great ways for romantic partners to stay in touch, but based on a recent survey of 14 to 24 year olds, they’re also [...]
Avoiding social networking scams
by Larry Magid This post originally appeared in the San Jose Mercury News More and more people are using social networking sites, including, sadly, criminals seeking to take [...]
Google adds lock to SafeSearch
Google has long allowed parents a SafeSearch filtering setting that keeps kids from using the search engine to find inappropriate sites like those with explicit sexual images [...]
Treating kids on the web in a new way
I spent part of last week in Washington, D.C., attending a gathering that turned out to be a watershed moment in the 16-year history of online safety education. The third [...]
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