Marsali Hancock of iKeepSafe blogs about “Managing Issues of Trust and Privacy and Parenting Online:”
Marsali Hancock often reminds parents who worry about ethical issues of privacy online that the internet is called “The World Wide Web.” Just as parents bear responsibility for their child’s off-line behavior, they also have a responsibility for their child’s online activities.
Larry Magid at SafeKids blogs about the “Online Safety Technology Working Group”
WASHINGTON — Last year, Congress passed the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act,which called for yet another committee to study Internet safety. By statute, the Online Safety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG) is made up of representatives of the business community, public interest groups and federal agencies. I’m on the committee as co-director of the nonprofit ConnectSafely.org. ConnectSafely co-director and NetFamilyNews editor Anne Collier serves as co-chairman along with MySpace cheif security officer, Hemanshu Nigam
Anne Collier at NetFamilyNews blogs about “More Internet, Less Family Time?”
Not necessarily, but while a just-released study doesn’t come out and blame the Internet, one of its lead researchers seems to. The latest release of the Annenberg Center for the Digital Future’s longitudinal surevey found that 28% of Americans say they’re spending less time with their families, up from 11% in 2006, according to an Associated Press report in Yahoo Tech.
Safer Internet Alliance blogs about “Reading, writing, counting… what about the Internet?”
In school we are taught how to read, how to write, and how to count. We start teaching our children not to talk to strangers as soon as they can understand, but what about how to use the Internet? After all, aren’t they still talking to strangers?
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