Kids Internet Safety

Internet Reflects, Magnifies the Opportunities and Dangers of the Real World

Larry Magid | Posted 04.08.2012

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Larry Magid

Despite what some people say, research from the best scholars has found that predators very rarely find victims online. They find them the old fashioned way: in their local communities.

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Hollywood and the Internet: Time for the Sequel

Susan Landau | Posted 01.28.2012

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Susan Landau

With cyber security a national priority, Hollywood would like to make it harder to determine whether a website is legitimate. Yes, you read those words correctly; Hollywood is lobbying for a bill that would derail current efforts to secure the network.

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So Many Kid Sites, So Little Time

Hemanshu Nigam | Posted 11.01.2011

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Hemanshu Nigam

Should my kids play games online? Is there a safe place for them to explore the web? How secure are the sites that my kids are visiting? There are so many questions and so many sites.

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Digital Citizenship & Media Literacy Beat Tracking Laws and Monitoring

Larry Magid | Posted 10.30.2011

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Larry Magid

Regardless of whether you use parental monitoring tools, the most important child protection "software," is not the application running on the device or in the cloud, but the software running on that very adaptive computer between the child's ears.

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Cyber-bullying: Are Boys Worse Than Girls?

Daily Mail | Posted 08.31.2011

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Updated: July 2, 2011, 11:24 EST When it comes to cyber-bullying, who is really pushing around whom? Research by Sarah Pedersen of Aberdeen Univ...

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