Blog Entries tagged 'child safety'

Net Providers Finally Agree to Block Sites With Child Sex

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

A friend of mine sent me a nifty link to the latest from the New York Times on Internet safety.

It seems these very responsible companies, Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography.

I mixed with emotion. Joyous and stupefied. “Oh Boy!” is the joy part and, “Gee, It only took 30 years and the threat of a class action suit for these guys to act t [...]

Internet Safety For Children

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I think perhaps the hottest topic today is internet safety for children. I’m not one to sugar coat the truth. It is hot because it is a safety issue that nobody can control.

Yes, there are a lot of preventative things that can be done and should be done by parents, kids and teenagers while online. There are many great online safety experts and dedicated people working very hard to control the criminals and predators and slow the problem. There is even a bold individual or two t [...]

MySpace Predator Caught

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Hey! The MySpace Predator Has Been Caught!

Now we'll see just how the justice system works with this creep. In the meantime, the reporters in the news and papers are pretty top notch! Today the papers have it all over TV. Whose keeping track of the score?

Anyway, following up my post yesterday on the latest MySpace predator, Joel Marino, the reporter from the South Flordia Sun-Sentinel dropped me an email back!

He said the predator was arrested in South Carolina! [...]

Myspace In The News Again

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Google keeps me in the loop. Seems like Myspace pops up in the news, again and, you guessed it, online safety and internet security. The words “child predator” comes up big today ans search engine winners, undortunately.

Major headlines on another predator pretending to be who he is not. Story is the same: young girl falls into trap, meets fake pal face-to-face, gets molested. It's a well written and great story by Joel Marino of the South Florida Sun-Senti [...]

Schools Mandating Online Safety Education

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Schools Mandating Online Safety Education?

Parents are responsible for their kids safety. Once again, people who are delegating that right to the schools, instead of handling it themselves, are in the news.

In Virginia, the schools are teaching mandatory Internet safety for all students in all grades. Virginia is not the only state doing this, either. Texas and Illinois are also teaching online safety to students, although as of this school year, Virginia is the only state [...]