Tag Archive for ‘Internet Safety’
Internet Safety: Congress-Mandated Group Recommends More Online Safety Education
In response to the “Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act,” a review committee created by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration called the Online Safety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG), has released a report urging educators and law makers to focus their efforts on teaching children and parents about how to safety conduct themselves [...]
Cyber-Bullying: Police in Greenwich, CT Push for Parents to Act
Police officials in the upscale town of Greenwich, Connecticut have spoken to students and teachers about the dangers of cyber-bullying, but now they are expanding their outreach to include parents. Youth Detective Kent Reynolds says that the number of cyber-bullying cases in Greenwich has grown, even reaching elementary schools. Students are starting to blur the [...]
Cyber-Bullying: Online Bullies Attack via Formspring.me
Formspring.me is a fairly new social network that allows users to anonymously send questions and comments to each other’s Inboxes. Frequent comments range from “What is your favorite color?” to “No 1 likes u in skool,” or worse. The site has become a playground for cyber bullies all over the country, and many school officials [...]
Cyber-Bullying: New Hampshire Senate Passes Cyber-Bullying Bill
The New Hampshire State Senate unanimously approved a bill this week that will require schools to have policies against bullying, harassment, intimidation and cyber-bullying. The section about cyber-bullying specifies that the law will include any bullying by way of cell phones, computers, pagers, email, instant messaging, text messaging and Web sites. Also under the new [...]
Privacy: Are YouTube Children in Danger?
These days, videos of children can be found all over YouTube. Some of the videos go viral, receiving millions of hits, and can even jumpstart a career or two. That is exactly how teen heartthrob Justin Bieber got his start. More recently, a public video of 12-year-old Greyson Michael Chance performing a Lada Gaga song [...]
Video Games: South Korea Takes Action Against Video Game Addiction
In an act that would scare most avid gamers, South Korea issued a formal curfew to gamers last week. Beginning in September, the country’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will mandate children and teenagers under the age of 18 to avoid playing games between the hours of midnight and 8:00 a.m. They will also [...]
Social Networks: Facebook Rejects Child Safety Organization’s Request For Panic Button
Last week, ABC News’ Nightline aired a story about the “dark side” of Facebook, and covered various crime stories relating to the social networking giant. One such case is the murder of British teenager Ashleigh Hall who was raped and murdered by a 33-year-old convicted sex rapist posing as a 16-year-old boy who she met [...]
Sexting: Four California Teens Cited for Sexting
Four 15-year-old boys in Yucaipa, California have been cited for sexually exploiting a minor after posting nude photographs of their friends on the Internet. The citations could carry felony charges along with a misdemeanor possession of harmful matter of someone under the age of 18. The San Bernandino County district attorney’s office has not yet [...]
Virtual Addiction: London Hopsital Opens Internet Addiction Rehab for “Screenagers”
The Capio Nightingale Hospital in London has launched a breakthrough in-patient rehabilitation program dedicated to teenagers suffering from internet addiction. The program offers group therapy sessions along with one-on-one counseling for children as young as 12, and teenagers aged 15-17 years old. The United States opened their first internet addiction recovery center last August. Called, [...]
Privacy: Library of Congress Announces Acquisition of Entire Twitter Archive
The Library of Congress has officially announced that every public tweet since Twitter started in 2006 will now be digitally archived. To top that, Google has plans to make the archive searchable. As operator of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, the Library of Congress has been collecting digital information since 2000, when [...]
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