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Consumer Reports Privacy Survey Rings Alarm Bells

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.04.2012

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Stephen Balkam

Consumer Reports' recent survey entitled, "Facebook & Your Privacy: Who Sees Your Data on the Biggest Social Network" raises some very important issues about the use of the details and data of our daily lives and how we are tracked in both the real world and across cyberspace.

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They Shoot Laptops, Don't They?

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Family Online Safety Institute, Fosi, Tommy Jordan, Parenting, Facebook, Denise-Abbott, Kids and Safety, Online Safety, Kids and Facebook, Kids Online, Teens and Facebook, Parents News
Stephen Balkam

First we had revengeful dad Tommy Jordan, who in response to his teen daughter's offensive video posting on Facebook, created a video of his own to "t...

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Harvesting the Fruits of a Tech Revolution

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Digital Revolution, Online Safety, Fosi, Cyber Ethics, Family Online Safety Insitute, Middle East, Digital Citizenship, Cyber Security, Safety Online, Social Media, Egypt Social Media, Middle East Social Media, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

We are only just beginning to understand the impact the Internet and communications technology is having on the Arab world.

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Dad Shoots Daughter's Laptop, Misses an Opportunity

Stephen Balkam | Posted 04.15.2012

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Stephen Balkam

Mr. Jordan acted on his impulse and turned a teaching moment -- one that should have been behind closed doors and face-to-face with his daughter -- into a premeditated exhibition of force, petulance and destruction of property.

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News Flash: Online Teens Actually Heed Parents' Advice

Larry Magid | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Fosi, Online Privacy, Parenting, Teens, Online Bullying, Parental Advice, Teenage Bullying, Bullying, Internet Parental Controls, Teens Online, Technology News
Larry Magid

A study released last week by the Pew Internet and American Life Project had what might be surprising news about online teens. They actually listen to parental advice.

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The Good, the Bad and the (Not So) Ugly of Teen Social Networking

Stephen Balkam | Posted 01.09.2012

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Stephen Balkam

We are in the middle of a remarkable social experiment as a generation of kids grows up with all-pervasive Internet access together with the most powerful social networking tools ever developed.

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The Price of Advice

Stephen Balkam | Posted 12.12.2011

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Stephen Balkam

In a recent New York Times Magazine article, my organization, the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), was accurately referenced as a member of the ...

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Survey: Parents Mostly Savvy on Kids Internet Use

Larry Magid | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Online Safety, Internet Filtering, Internet Safety, Family Online Safety Institute, Fosi, Technology News
Larry Magid

2011-09-14-Screenshot20110914at9.00.14AM.jpg For the most part, parents do have a clue when it comes to helping their kids stay safe online.

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Back to iSchool

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.08.2011

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Stephen Balkam

The debate over how best to integrate technology in schools, never mind the technology that kids bring to schools, will only intensify. Just take one example: social networking.

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Not Backing Kids Tracking Bill

Stephen Balkam | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Online Safety, Balkam, Fosi, Facebook, Coppa, Privacy, Internet, Internet Privacy, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

Who could possibly be against protecting kids on the Internet? It's not that hard to create a bi-partisan consensus that our kids need special protection online. The devil, however, is in the detail.

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Why Tech Firms (and the White House) Should Appoint a Chief Safety Officer

Stephen Balkam | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Online Safety, Internet Safety, Facebook, Fosi, Privacy, Chief Safety Officer, Internet, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

Safety impacts a company's bottom line. Where there's more safety and trust, there will be more users willing to spend time and money.

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Trust, but Verify

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Online Dating, Trust, Fosi, Teenagers, Stephen Balkam, David Schwimmer Trust, Trust Movie, Sexual Predator, Sex Offenders, Rape Prevention, Online Predators, Online Privacy, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

The new movie Trust is not easy to watch, particularly if, like me, you have a hyper-texting teenage daughter.

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The President Uses His Bully Pulpit

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Safety, Balkam, Facebook, Cyberbullying, Fosi, Barack Obama, Bullying, MIT Media Lab, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

Turns out the young Barack Obama was teased and taunted -- a telling admission by the leader of the free world that words are as bad (and sometimes worse) than sticks or stones.

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Egyptians Demonstrate Digital Citizenship

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Balkam, Social Media, Mubarak, Twitter, Tunisia, Fosi, Egypt, Egypt Internet, Egypt Twitter, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

We in the West and those of us laying the foundational stones for this emerging concept of digital citizenship have much to learn from our Arab friends.

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The Boob Tube vs. YouTube

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Television, Internet, Kinect, Fosi, Balkam, Glee, Newton Minnow, Family Time, Dance Central, William Powers, Sixteen and Pregnant, Jersey Shore, Multitasking, Ihome, Fcc, Kaiser Family Foundation, Wastland Speech, Xbox 360, Hamlets Blackberry, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

While we are all consuming more media than ever, we are doing less of it together. That's why I often find myself switching on the television -- in order to spend some time with my family.

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Phantoms and Hamlet's Blackberry

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Technology, Fosi, Ipad, Technology News, Globalization, Inventions, Technological Innovation, Technology Addiction, Hamlet's Blackberry, Technology News
Stephen Balkam

While he is not a Luddite, William Powers is acutely aware of the onslaught on the psyche the Internet and the new technologies have brought.

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I Want My iPod Touch

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Balkam

Imagine this. I am a fourteen year-old girl. My parents have put controls on my cell phone so I can't text after 9pm on school nights and 10pm on ...

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Broadband Too Hot to Handle?

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Balkam

One third of Americans are not connected to broadband. What makes these non-adopters such a difficult population is that there is usually more than one reason for them to not have it.

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Schools Out for Summer: Kids Go Online

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Online Safety, Sexting, Playstation, Family Online Safety Institute, Cyberbullying, Stephen Balkam, Fosi, Facebook, Internet Safety, Healthy Living News
Stephen Balkam

Now would be a good time to have a talk with your children, tweens and teens about what they are doing online, where they are going and what they are uploading.

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Qikker than Twitter

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Balkam

We're going to have to get used to a Truman Show-type existence where we will both star and direct our own as-it-happens video show.

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Sexting and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexting, Family Online Safety Insitute, Fosi, Cyberbullying, Stephen Balkam, Nude Photo Sharing, Iphone, Sex, Cellphones, Texting, Style News
Stephen Balkam

Sexting -- teens sending sexually explicit photos of themselves via cell phones -- has become the latest in a line of highly charged issues involving kids and the internet.

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Setting the Obamas' Parental Controls

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Balkam

It would send a strong signal if the president established the post of Chief Online Safety Officer, directly responsible to the CTO, to help unify his administration's efforts.

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What's Next In Online Safety

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.17.2011

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Stephen Balkam

Kids are now producing the kind of content we once shielded them from. There are cases pending in court where the kids are being charged with production of child pornography.

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Child Online Safety Comes of Age

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Balkam

The online safety community, which has been around since the mid-1990s, has reached a critical point of maturation -- some would say an awkward adolescent stage -- where the stakes are higher.

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Learning About The Family Online Safety Institute

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The brainchild of Stephen Balkam, the Family Online Safety Institute was created with the goal of finding "innovative solutions for family online safe...

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