SafeKids News Analysis Archives
- CNET Cheapskate Mystery Box Raises Funds for ConnectSafely, Hunger Project & TAPS
- Data refute President’s linkage between violent video games & mass shootings
- Overall increase in cyberbullying — girls 3 times more likely to be cyberbullied than boys
- FaceApp requires caution, not fear
- FCC allows phone companies to block robocalls
- YouTube cutting hateful and extremist videos
- Podcast: Safety and privacy of smart displays and speakers at home and in the classroom
- Despite free-speech concerns, banning hate a good thing
- Podcast: Balancing tech and low-tech during kids’ summer break
- Helping students cope with flood of presidential election news
- Facebook strives to end age, gender and location discrimination
- Vaccines, autism and the First Amendment
- Podcast: Safer Internet Day 2019 + Teachers & Social Media
- Online romance scam losses on the rise. How to protect yourself
- Despite rare Seattle snow, families came & cameras rolled at U.S Safer Internet Day
- Google Password Checkup helps make sure you have secure and unique passwords
- Safer Internet Day 2019 reaches out to under served communities
- How to disable Facetime till Apple fixes serious privacy flaw
- Facebook cracking down on misbehaving page operators
- Podcast: Tech New Year’s Resolutions for Educators
- Avoid charity scams and get the kids involved in giving decisions
- Podcast: John Carr on Protecting Children from inappropriate content in the UK
- Media Literacy for educators and families with young children
- AI, machine learning battle child sexual exploitation
- Facebook’s new tech to counter child sex abuse images
- Why tech companies are offering services for younger children
- Amazon’s FreeTime and other products for children
- Symantec’s Paige Hanson on how to stay safe online
- Relay ‘walkie-talkie’ & other tech for families with young children
- Tech checklist to prepare for a hurricane, power failure or other disaster
- Dire warnings about children dying because of apps and games are a form of ‘juvenoia’
- How to avoid succumbing to fake web sites — political or otherwise
- Why we need to understand copyright now more than ever
- Facebook & Instagram offer controls to manage time online
- New iOS lets users set limits for kids and adults
- Facebook slips, Snapchat grows among teens — nearly half online ‘almost constantly’
- How to protect your router and home network from the VPNFilter malware
- Facebook is cleaning up inappropriate content but you still need to be vigilant
- Google reining in too much of a good thing
- Twitter urges users to change password
- Amazon’s kid friendly Echo and tablet with parental controls
- Facebook begins notifying users if their data was accessed by Cambridge Analytica
- Facebook simplifies privacy settings
- Students and schools can win $10K for a short video about fake vs. real information
- How to control your Facebook privacy and apps
- How to control your Facebook privacy including apps
- How to control data collected by Facebook apps
- Teens and social media — it’s a mixed bag
- The connection between online safety and those amazing kids from Parkland, Florida
- Safer Internet Day a good time to think about your use of connected tech
- Online privacy day reminds us to stay alert year ’round
- Podcast: Interview with Roblox Founder & CEO David Baszucki
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s 2018 challenge: Fix Facebook’s important issues
- Internet Governance Forum tackles fake news, artificial intelligence and blockchain
- What parents need to know about Facebook Messenger Kids
- Safe holiday online shopping tips
- Larry Magid’s CBS News radio segments on Family Online Safety Institute conference 2017
- Sen. Al Franken’s stupid & sexist 2006 photo is a lesson for us all
- 2020 Vision: The future of online safety
- Conference explores causes and impact of physical and cyberbullying
- You can delete messages on Whatsapp but you better hurry
- Podcast: An interview with After School Co-Founder and CEO Michael Callahan
- A pair of new studies shed light on kids, teens and media
- Pope endorses internet safety declaration
- ConnectSafely publishes how-to guide on Google Family Link
- How to combat LGBTQ cyberbullying
- Details plus what to do in wake of Equifax data breach
- Harvey victims and first responders turn to social media and mobile tech
- Keeping track of your kids before and after school
- Fake news about ‘Blue Whale’ suicides is dangerous
- How to talk with kids about the cyberbullying they see from famous adults
- Talking with kids about cyberbullying after President Trump’s tweets
- Latest cyber attack is a reminder to practice ‘safer computing’
- Google’s new ‘Be Internet Awesome’ is a fun way for kids to learn to make smart online decisions
- Linking offline and online behavior is creepy, despite privacy protections
- Comcast offers simplified Wi-Fi management and parental controls
- Most teens can step away from social media
- New parental controls are great, but don’t let mom and dad off the hook
- Congress takes away consumer privacy protections — What you can do
- How to Disable Location on your Mobile Device
- How tech impacts both the 1st and 2nd ammendments
- Why Apple is correct in fighting court order to hack iPhone
- Fighting back against online harassment and cyberbullying
- After School App designed to promote kindness, say founders
- Data Privacy Day: Passwords are broken but here are partial fixes
- Safer cars, self-flying passenger drones and fitness devices at CES
- Looking back at 2015 in tech
- Europe’s new privacy regulations may limit teens
- Digital parents of ‘Hello Barbie’ say she talks and listens to kids but can’t disclose anything about them
- Europe could kick majority of teens off of social media and that would be tragic
- Online safety messages must adjust to generation of parents as digital natives
- VTech hack brings up questions about children’s data and interactive toys
- Tips for safe online holiday shopping
- Attacking encryption and social media won’t curtail extremism
- Contrary to popular belief, parents are not clueless about kids’ use of tech
- Panic over teen sexting is overblown
- Social media and children’s rights in the global village
- Cyber criminals often resort to simple trickery
- Tweens, teens, tech and some good news from Common Sense Media study
- Media Literacy Week and the U.S. election process
- “3 Rs” of Internet safety: Rights, responsibilities and risk management
- California Attorney General launches ‘cyber exploitation’ resource hub
- Link between Cyber Security Awareness Month and Bullying Prevention Month
- UPDATE: California Electronic Communications Privacy Act signed by Governor
- Celebrate Bullying Prevention Month by being an ‘upstander’
- How to avoid spreading hoaxes on social media
- Identity theft can hit children too
- Local libraries offer movies and other digital content
- So called Facebook “dislike” button will be for kindness, not meanness
- Comcast testing $10 a month broadband for low income seniors
- Intel and Apple release diversity reports: Progress but still a long way to go
- Bluetooth headphones protect children’s hearing
- Teen social media & mobile use helps maintain friendships
- Critics say Cyber Information Sharing Act could violate privacy and be unproductive
- Online reputation matters but a few blemishes don’t spell disaster
- HP says smartwatches have security flaws
- Males who perform poorly in online games less likely to support female players
- The ‘right to be forgotten’ can conflict with free speech
- Study finds parents get emotional support and useful information from social media
- A Polaroid instant printer for your smartphone
- Let’s not use 21st century technology with 19th century pedagogy
- Fitness devices can help us learn about our collective health
- Google to remove revenge-porn images from search results
- Internet of Things taking off amidst privacy concerns
- Don’t let student privacy bills stifle creative teachers & students
- Online harassment less likely & less distressing than in-person
- Google gets kid & family friendly with updates
- Students: The one group missing from student data privacy bills
- Most teens don’t use anonymous apps but here’s advice for those who do
- New Flickr 4.0 will store ALL your family photos for free and help you find and organize them
- So your kid is looking at porn. Now what?
- Let’s not create a moral panic over ‘Game of 72’ rumors of disappearing kids
- Site shows publicly available information based on your phone number
- Curious launches free ‘lean-back’ online courses
- Facebook’s Scrapbook encourages photos of children, but think before you post
- Pew Survey: Reports of Facebook’s demise among teens greatly exaggerated
- Chromebooks & Google Apps appeal to schools & consumers
- Digital Trust Foundation seeking proposals on digital abuse programs
- Internet Explorer had a long and important life, but it’s time to move on
- Android apps to get age rating and manual review
- Facebook clarifies policies on nudity, hate speech and other community standards
- Apple’s new MacBook is enticing, but lack of ports gives pause
- Arkansas law could force workers to friend their boss
- Net neutrality vote doesn’t end the debate
- Online safety is not just ‘about life’
- LTE Broadcast technology could change mobile video experience
- YouTube Kids can be a parent’s best friend
- Teachers: Create your own online courses with Versal
- A conversation with Esther Wojcicki on ‘Moonshots in Education’
- Banning Yik Yak from colleges is counterproductive
- ‘Tread carefully’ before regulating Internet of Things
- ‘Revenge porn’ is about betrayal, not pornography
- Safer Internet Day With Sheryl Sandberg, Kamala D. Harris and the Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr
- Ford CEO Mark Fields on mobility, connected cars & teen safety
- ClassDojo app offers students & parents words of encouragement
- Social media still growing, with Instagram leading the way
- Facebook to carry Amber Alerts — exclusive interview with John Walsh
- Connected devices at CES raise security, privacy and safety questions
- Researcher sets the record straight on teen sexting
- Intel CEO Brian Krzanich on safety, privacy & security issues of drones, wearables and Internet of Things
- Empowering youth to combat bullying & cyberbullying
- Sony’s hacked emails present a teachable moment
- Smartphones are popular holiday gifts for kids that come with responsibility
- Prepare your family-tech before a major storm or power failure occurs
- Safety & civility advice for anonymous apps
- Sexual harassment victim’s secret weapon — ‘telling their mothers’
- Google ditching CAPTCHA for ‘I’m not a robot’ checkbox
- Twitter improves abuse reporting and blocking
- Safe holiday online shopping tips
- Anonymous apps get bad raps, but they fill gaps: The good side of anonymity
- Americans lack confidence about controlling privacy
- Survey finds parents mostly OK with kids’ use of tech
- Time to redefine and de-silo online safety efforts
- Tech and Ebola — Facebook’s initiative and the Ebola Care app
- Media guidelines for reporting on youth risk surveys
- Online harassment is a problem we all must confront
- Digital citizenship applies to adults as well as youth: Conversation with Rebecca Randall of Common Sense Media
- Larry Magid speaks with Mike Ribble on the meaning of ‘digital citizenship’ (podcast)
- Digital Citizenship Week is a time to recognize youth rights
- Digital Trust Foundation seeking proposals regarding online privacy, safety and security
- Why cybersecurity is patriotic and humanistic
- National Cyber Security Month: Why cyber security matters to everyone
- High school kids show strong support for First Amendment
- UN bringing child rights into the digital age
- IGF attendees complain about censorship in Turkey while some advocate it for youth
- Internet Governance Forum topics include human rights, network neutrality and child protection
- Protecting children online needs to allow for their right to free speech
- It’s time for schools to upgrade both technology and pedagogy
- Why Google (and Facebook) should admit kids under 13
- As Ferguson struggles, Georgia teens create app to rate police departments
- Tech can make driving dangerous, but also safer
- IAC’s Ask.com buys Ask.fm and hires a safety officer to stem bullying
- Massive data breach shows skills of Russian hackers
- Google to reward sites with HTTPS security in search rankings
- Five teens & ‘one mature adult’ create Push for Pizza app
- Safe computing includes minding your ergonomics
- Safety, security and privacy risks of fitness tracking and ‘quantified self’
- Don’t let stalkers or abusers and creeps track your phone’s location
- Let’s stop persecuting ‘Auschwitz selfie girl’ for smiling at a camera
- EFF launches free Privacy Badger for Firefox and Chrome to block hidden trackers
- Privacy and security tips for newly-minted college students
- Google to stop labeling apps with in-app purchases as ‘free’
- Home automation and ‘Internet of things’ is great — but think about privacy and security
- Time for public to weigh in on ‘net neutrality’
- The ‘real world’ is a lot more dangerous than cyberspace
- LG’s new tracking device for young children
- Advice for reducing risk when using mobile phones
- Why I don’t want to hear about any new parental control products
- Parents have a lot to learn about mobile safety, privacy and security: From their kids
- Aspen task force would take learning ‘back to the future’
- Facebook’s new Slingshot app forces users to reciprocate
- Facebook gives users more control over what ads they see while adopting behavioral ads
- Apple adds Family Sharing as part of its iOS 8 update for iPhone and iPad
- Google complies with “right to be forgotten” but is it the “right” ruling?
- Experts say UK’s optional filtering equals choice, not censorship
- Missing Children’s Day — let’s bring them all home
- Internet security is a global issue that requires global cooperation
- Facebook changes new user default privacy setting to friends only — adds privacy checkup
- Snapchat settles FTC charges about disappearing posts that don’t disappear
- PBS Kids app lets parents control and monitor screen-time
- Google Classroom offers assignment center for students and teachers
- Your smartphone camera can be a practical tool
- Do kids need special protections or do we all need them?
- Google pulls scanning and ads from education apps
- Facebook adding more user-control of app privacy
- Illustrated guide to Microsoft’s defense on latest Internet Explorer security flaw
- A taste of Turkish Internet censorship
- Anonymous apps and services are not synonymous with ominous
- Facebook’s ‘Nearby Friends’ feature: What you need to know
- Identity theft a problem from cradle to grave — Kids most vulnerable
- How to protect your family from Heartbleed security flaw (slideshow)
- Beware of Heartbleed inspired phishing scams
- Are sites you use vulnerable to Heartbleed security flaw?
- Microsoft ends support of Windows XP: Machines highly vulnerable to security risks
- The evolution of online safety: Lessons learned over 20 years
- Safety through mindfulness: Watch ‘The Science of Character’
- Adults spend 11 hour a day using electronic media
- Smartphones that promise user privacy
- Author danah boyd on why teens and social media are ‘complicated’
- Security experts at RSA decry government hacking
- In defense of Internet safety education
- ‘Neknominate’ is a stupid and potentially deadly online dare game
- Confessions of a binge viewer
- People who suffer from so-called ‘game addiction’ have other problems
- U.S. Safer Internet Day focused on potential, positives and problems too
- Safer Internet Day takes a positive spin — view event live on Tues
- Parental controls, webcam indicator and relief for noisy tabs added to Google Chrome
- Apple and FTC reach agreement about children’s app purchases
- Protecting your privacy from corporations, government and yourself
- Famous game developer Trip Hawkins launches social emotional learning game for kids (Podcast)
- Instragram adds private messaging – ConnectSafely updates Parents’ Guide to Instagram
- National Center adds another layer to children’s safety online
- Recent hack discovery underscores need for better security and stronger passwords
- How to unfollow someone yet still be Facebook friends
- Check out the fine print before giving gift cards
- Tech gifts popular for young children this year
- Tell us ‘one good thing’ about using tech to make the Internet or the world better
- Twitter improves encryption against NSA and other snoops
- Tips for safe online holiday shopping
- Preventing and recovering from bullying — what works and what doesn’t
- Family Online Safety Institute tackles ID theft and the ‘Internet of things’
- NSA snooping and youth rights at Internet UN’s Internet Governance Forum
- Internet Governance Forum tackles child protection vs. child rights
- Facebook lets teens post publicly: Why that’s a good thing
- Let’s not underestimate the impact of cyberbullying
- Google may feature adults in ads (unless you opt-out)
- Parents can help prevent cyberbullying
- Facebook to no longer let you opt-out of being found via search
- Beware of the Internet Safety Industrial Complex
- Author behind ‘Mean Girls’ focuses on ‘boy world’ (podcast)
- Cybersecurity is everyone’s business
- ADL and Facebook sponsor panel on free speech, civility and the challenge of cyberhate
- Cyber Security Awareness Month’s Michael Kaiser: ‘We’re all connected’ (podcast)
- Can Google kill the tracking cookie?
- Most online adults know they’re not anonymous but take steps to protect privacy
- Hands-on with Samsung smartwatch — is it coming to a kid near you?
- Guarding against hacker attacks
- Kids engaging in ‘distracted walking’
- ‘The Kids Are (mostly) All Right’ when it comes to privacy and bullying
- Survey: Many teens taking steps to protect mobile privacy
- How LinkedIn plans to protect privacy of teens on its service
- Product that lets parents/employers remotely install spy software is bad idea
- A much-needed national debate about privacy is now underway
- Survey finds teens know and care about online privacy
- Ways to reduce the chances of being spied on by the NSA or anyone else
- Two factor authentication is a trade-off between security and convenience
- Here’s a tech risk: TVs falling on children
- Twitter updates rules to emphasize no tolerance for abusive behavior
- Researchers at Black Hat show how to hack an iPhone with rogue charger
- Twitter improves abuse reporting
- Are you being stalked via cell phone?
- Agreement calls for mobile app privacy disclosures
- Korean students aren’t the only ones “addicted” to smartphones
- President Obama: “Kids have more sense than we did”
- 10 rules for safe family cell phone use
- Brick and mortar stores tracking your cell phone
- Safe searching with Google and YouTube
- Maker movement in schools taps into rich tradition of educational reform
- Microsoft offers ad-free Bing search for schools
- Snapchat creates SnapKidz — A sandbox for kids under 13
- Facebook bug exposes contact information of 6 million users
- Instagram Video: What parents need to know + illustrated guide
- Google unleashes new weapon and millions of dollars to fight child porn
- The parents are alright about young children’s use of media
- Facebook adds Twitter-like hashtags
- A Steady Stream of Online Video for Kids
- Survey: 35% of recently married couples met online & have happier marriages
- Facebook Grapples With Fighting Hate Speech While Protecting Free Speech
- Slideshow:Tips on strong, secure passwords
- Popular 20 year-old Internet “child safety” booklet completely revised
- Winning videos explore the good side of the Internet
- Study: Some teens feel ‘obligated’ to use Facebook – most savvy about privacy
- For regulators, Google is the new Microsoft
- Help Support an Inspirational Picture Book for Kids and Get a Copy for Yourself
- Researcher dispels five myths about missing children
- Snapchat photos can be undeleted as well as captured: When it matters
- Why I’m Not Worried That It’s Possible To Undelete Snapchat Photos
- Massachusetts Town Invests In Laptops To Increase Student Enagement
- Summertime Means Kids Spending More Time with Tech: Advice for Parents
- Hackathon Builds Tools for Social Good
- FTC Issues FAQ on COPPA for Parents and Businesses
- It’s time for adults to stop bullying kids and each other
- Sony’s New PlayStation 4 and your privacy
- Can technology disrupt education?
- Online privacy and security is a shared responsibility: Government, industry and you
- US getting started with the very global Safer Internet Day
- Vine’s a great new video app, but kids need to be careful what they shoot
- Are schools turning alleged bullies into criminals?
- Sign a family contract for online safety and smart use of technology
- Parents and kids on Facebook — Who friends whom might surprise you
- Facebook’s semi-automatic mobile photo sync: What you need to know
- Internet Governance Forum to tackle issues about online safety, freedom
- Facebook provides privacy education for new users
- Tracking kids’ cellphones: Reassurance or overparenting?
- October is ‘Bullying Awareness Month’ but when is ‘Most Kids Don’t Bully Month’?
- Finally, a kid-filtered iPad browser, but not from Apple
- Social discovery: What parents need to know
- Could new government rules jeopardize children’s privacy and safety?
- AT&T launches campaign to stop texting while driving
- Teens and tweens flock to Instagram: What parents need to know
- Dutch tragedy: Don’t call it ‘Facebook murder’
- Talk with your kids about the smart use of smartphones
- SWAT-ing could get kids into serious trouble
- What the FTC’s new COPPA rules mean
- Cellphone safety: Protecting privacy, data and kids too
- ‘Mean girls’ music video teaches resilience towards bullying
- Common Sense Media report shines positive light on kids and social media
- How to protect children and adolescents from sexual abuse
- Skout’s ‘flirt, friend, chat’ may be fine for adults, but not for kids
- CDC study: Too many teens text while driving
- Understanding Facebook’s new privacy policy
- Consumer Reports finds very small percentage of Facebook users ‘are sharing too much’
- PRiZE anti-bullying music video by Mary & Brianna Ferraro
- FTC’s digital privacy report has welcome recommendations
- How to control Facebook app privacy
- Kony 2012: A lesson in critical thinking
- FOSI Qatar conference: Child online protection involves tensions between regulation and free flow of information
- Lady Gaga on right track with youth empowerment and kindness
- A good start on digital privacy
- Facebook users becoming more privacy savvy
- Google+ now open for teens, with extra safety precautions
- 5 ways to protect yourself if you were zapped by Zappos breach
- Online Safety FAQ
- Facebook empowers friends to prevent suicide
- Can YouTube for schools usher education into the 21st century?
- Will XXX domains help parents block porn?
- With new data we can stop the teen sexting panic
- Teachers: Beware of ‘Cyberbaiting’
- News flash! Online teens actually heed parents’ advice
- Pew study: Kids are mostly kind to others online
- Parents Helping Young Kids Lie To Get Past Facebook’s Age Restrictions
- Think twice before sharing on social networks
- Technology doesn’t cause bullying and –despite some claims — it can’t prevent it
- Internet Governance Forum to tackle child porn, digital citizenship & other global issues
- SafetyVillage.com is stealing content from SafeKids.com
- Survey: Parents mostly savvy on kids’ Internet use
- Cyberbullying: A serious problem, but not an epidemic
- Interview with Justin Patchin of Cyberbullying Research Center
- Digital citizenship & media literacy beat tracking laws & monitoring
- How not to be a phone hacking victim
- Google to (re) enter social networking arena
- Talk with your kids about being safer online
- Talk with your kids about being safer online
- Predator Panic Making a Comeback
- Bullying expert recommends teens delete most ‘sexting’ messages
- FTC Warns about Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Dangers
- Vermont May Require Sex Offenders to Use Real Names on Social Networks
- Facebook Groups: double-edged sword for privacy
- Survey: Parents Worry About Kids Online Privacy: But are Worries Based on Facts?
- 92% of 2 year-olds have online footprint
- Tyler Clementi’s death is a call to action
- Online safety & civility Report: 95% of Email is Spam: Threats Aimed at Facebook & Children’s Searches
- FCC Modernizes E-Rate for Schools and Libraries
- FCC Chair on E-Rate for Schools and Net Neutrality
- Location-Based Services can be Used Safety
- Internet safety belongs at Colbert’s “Keep Fear Alive” March
- McAfee: Our shortened URLs are safer (podcast)
- Privacy Panic Focused on Wrong Issues
- Using Facebook Places Privacy Controls
- Let’s not create a cyberbullying panic
- Report to Congress: Media literacy, not fear, can protect youth online
- So-called Facebook ‘panic button’ is not about panic
- Many worry more about computer viruses than human ones
- Study has good news about kids online behavior
- Tabnabbing: Like phishing within browser
- Facebook Privacy Settings: What’s Changed
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks with Larry about privacy
- SafetyWeb helps parents know their kids’ online presence
- Togetherville brings social networking to children
- Former Myspace security chief starts company
- Kingdom of Bahrain tackles Internet safety
- Curriculum teaches digital literacy and citizenship
- Curriculum teaches digital literacy and citizenship
- Google launches Buzz educational video
- Could iPad’s lack of user accounts endanger kids
- Gay & lesbian youth likely victims of cyberbullying
- When schools can intervene in off-campus cyberbullying cases
- Study identifies strategies for dealing with bullying
- Chatroulette aims webcam where kids ought not go
- Google Buzz raises privacy & safety concerns
- Kids spend 7.5 hours per day on ‘entertainment media’
- A watershed moment for Internet safety
- Teen Sexting: troubling but don’t overreact
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