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Schools Out for Summer: Kids Go Online

Stephen Balkam | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living

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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 05.28.2009 | Media

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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 04.24.2009 | Style

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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 01.02.2009 | Media

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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 11.17.2008 | Living

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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 03.28.2008 | Media

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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 03.28.2008 | Business

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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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