Welcome to ConnectSafely.org

int_000008037915Small-200x300ConnectSafely is for parents, teens, educators, advocates, policy makers – everyone engaged in and interested in the impacts of the social Web. The user-driven, all-media, multi-platform, fixed and mobile social Web is a big part of young people’s lives, and this is the central space – linked to from social networks across the Web – for perspective on safe, civil use of  Web and mobile technology. For more on our philosophy and thoughts, see Online Safety 3.0, and please check out our new social media guides for parents.

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Google unleashes new weapon and millions of dollars to fight child porn
Google on Saturday said that it’s building a “cross industry database” of encrypted “fingerprints” of child sexual abuse images to “enable companies, law enforcement and charities to better collaborate on detecting and removing these images, and to take action against the ...

Parenting the littlest media users: Important study
Increasingly, digital media are just part of the rhythm of everyday US family life, a significant new study of parents of young children indicates. The study, “Parenting in the Age of Digital Technology,” conducted by Northwestern University’s Center on Media ...

Resources & Safety Tips
Tips for Strong, Secure Passwords
Tips to Prevent Teen Sexting
Tips to Help Stop Cyberbullying		 Tips for Smart Videogaming
Virtual World Safety Tips for Parents of Teens
Cellphone Safety Tips

More tips & advice

Let’s Talk

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Media Library

Featured Video

Sound advice from Net Literacy, a student-founded digital literacy nonprofit. The video was created as part of a program that produces high school student-created videos for use by schools and other youth-serving organizations across the US.

For our take see: Online Safety Q&A 

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