Blog Entries tagged 'online safety'

Final Page in Nigerian Internet Scam

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I noticed this news item this morning: "Woman Gets Two Years for Aiding Nigerian Internet Check Scam (PC World)" When we think of problems online most of us think about the sensational headlines regarding kids in chat rooms and seucal predators.

I'm here ttoday to let you know that most of us, yes adults, have no idea how to keep ourselves safe on the Internet, wither. Your kids and teenagers need to have you be safe and know the basics along with them. Some adults, in onl [...]

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 [...]

New Internet Safety Rules For MySpace

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Online safety gets a boost this month. MySpace, "the place for friends" is working hard to distance itself from being identified as a place for pedophiles and pornography. While we know dangers to children online lurk everywhere, the new legislation in the U.S. targets MySpace in particular.

We think it will help. Here’s what happened. On January 14 all 50 Attorneys General signed a document under which MySpace agrees to make several changes. The changes are primarily [...]

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 [...]

Bosses' Power To Check Email

joyce@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Bosses' Power To Check Email!

I found this in the news today....you may have seen it. We've been through this in the US and now from Sydney, Australia.

There's a story in the The Sydney Morning Herald about how the Australian government is backing legal rights to businesses to spy on their employees. Companies will be able to intercept the emails and internet communications of their employees without their consent under the new proposed laws.

The idea is that t [...]

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 [...]

Online Safety

info@keepingkidssafetoday.com — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Is there Internet Safety for anyone online today?

Ah! The wonderful World Wide Web! A whole new door of information and possibilities has opened in our lifetimes.
And, it is still in its infancy. It is expanding everyday. By the time our children are grown, some estimates
project the Internet will be ten times larger and more expansive than it is today.

Whether you allow your child online or not, the fact is, they will be there at one time or another, even if it [...]