Staff Commentaries

Online safety as we know it: Becoming obsolete? As the Internet and how young people use it increasingly reflect the breadth and complexity of "real life," it's time to rethink the meaning of "online safety" and how to attain it. Read more...   Twitter not upholding Terms of Use See why it's increasingly important for users that social sites and services have clear, well-enforced Terms of Service. Read more...   2 key US court actions involving MySpace They helpfully train the spotlight on user accountability and potentially give "teeth" to social sites' terms of service as user protection regs. Read more...   What mobile carriers need to do for youth Great progress with parental controls - Web filters, number-blocking, etc. - has been made, but technology's not enough. Here's why. Read more...   Age verification doesn't solve all problems The Task Force convened by 49 attorneys general examines age verification, but what would it really accomplish? Read more...   Toward solving 'cyberbullying' Where teen online behavior's concerned, "accountability" is a more relevant term than "cyberbullying" for parents and educators to use and think about. Read more...   UK government's guidelines for social sites The Home Office's guidance is a significant step of progress in online-child-safety consensus-building. Read more...   Milestone Net-safety view from the UK The Byron report, an influential document that has relevance for and hopefully influence on Internet-safety work worldwide Read more...   JuicyCampus: Haven for cyberbullies When "free speech" somehow becomes a license to harass and harm... Read more...   Naked photo-sharing trend: Youth officer's view Teens sharing intimate photos of themselves and peers via cellphones and the Web - for "fun" or for harm - is a growing problem for police and prosecutors.... Read more...   'Growing Up Online': Good for the discussion! From PBS's Frontline, a portrayal of teen online lives that's thought-provoking and accurate and thus important fuel for the public discussion on online safety.... Read more...   MySpace & 49 attorneys general After 2 years of negotiating, the social-networking giant and the US's state AGs have reached agreement. Here's what's new and why Texas opted out.... Read more...   Tech first aid for '08 & onward What families - we all - need to be working on for online youth's well-being going forward Read more...   Social networkers' age verification It just wouldn't work, according to experts and mounting evidence. Here's why. Read more...   Abduction by online predators rare Contrary to what some people might imply, most kids who become victims of online sex predators are groomed not abducted. Read more...

 

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