by Lynette Owens | Feb 6, 2020 | For Parents, For Teachers
By Lynette Owens On the heels of Data Privacy Day last week, Facebook introduced the “Off-Facebook Activity” tool, which shows you all of the businesses and apps that give information about you to Facebook. This information seems to be collected by those 3rd parties...
by Lynette Owens | Feb 6, 2020 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens What percent of the content on the internet do you believe is true? While there is certainly lots of reliable information online, it’s getting increasingly difficult to tell the genuine from the rumor-mill, the real from the fake news. And it may be...
by Lynette Owens | Dec 20, 2019 | For Parents, For Teachers
It’s been a busy time for our Internet Safety for Kids & Families (ISKF) team. Our outreach efforts at schools are gathering some great momentum, with our volunteers doing close to 80 events for parents and kids in the US over the past 3 months (and many more...
by Lynette Owens | Dec 4, 2019 | For Parents, For Teachers
Trend Micro’s Internet Safety for Kids & Families (ISKF) initiative began life 11 years ago. Internet use was pretty different back then, and our message was much simpler: let’s help protect kids from strangers and adult content online. Since then, things have...
by Lynette Owens | Aug 16, 2019 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens We’ve seen some dramatic changes over the past 11+ years that Trend Micro’s Internet Safety for Kids & Families (ISKF) program has been running. But none stand out more than the development of social media. In just a few short years it has become...
by Lynette Owens | Apr 23, 2019 | For Parents, For Teachers
by Lynette Owens Last month, the Washington Post published a surprising op-ed from Mark Zuckerberg. In it, the Facebook boss called for greater regulation of the internet to protect individuals’ online privacy, among other things. Although the goals he sets out are...