Safety measures in searching online

• Google Safety Center for Families
• Safe Seach Kids
• YouTube SafeMode
• Yahoo Search Safety Guide

Enable safe search mode (Requires a logged in account to set preferences)

• Google Chrome Search Settings
• Bing SafeMode
• Yahoo Search Preferences

For iOS – Secure devices, set privacy restrictions and parental controls

• Use parental controls on your child’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
• Prevent in-app purchases from App Store
• Download Mobicip for advanced internet filtering and safe browsing (also available in Android)

For Android – Secure devices, set privacy, restrictions and parental controls

• Manage device, apps, & screen time
• Set up parental controls on Google Play
• Purchase approvals on Google Play

Media Ratings

• Common Sense Media
• Family Video Games
• Best Apps for Families

Social Media Security

• Parent Guide to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Roblox, Cyberbullying, etc.
• Tips for Strong, Secure Passwords & Other Authentication Tools
• Share photos with your phone wisely
• Setting tag alerts in Facebook
• Setting tag alerts in Instagram
• How to protect your Tweets
• Enable two-factor authentication on Twitter

• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children CyberTipline
• The snowball effect on bullying
• Where to report abuse and cyberbullying on major online services

For Students

• Percentage of College Admissions Officers Who Visit Applicants’ Social Networking Pages Continues to Grow — But Most Students Shrug (Kaplan Test Prep Survey, November 2014)
• They Loved Your G.P.A., Then They Saw Your Tweets (New York Times, November 2013)
• Social Networking Sites and College Admissions – How to Stand Out from the Competition in a Good Way
• 10 Ways to Manage Your Social Media Footprint (Kaplan Test Prep)
• In College Admissions, Social Media Can Be a Double-Edged Sword (New York Times, November 2013)
• Social Media Dos and Don’ts for Student-Athletes (Athletic Business, October 2013)

• 45 Best Blogging Sites for Kids (Kids Lean to Blog)
• Blogging for Teens – A Guide for Parents (Fabulous Blogging)

• 5 Easy Ways to Find Our Who’s Searching for You Online (MakeUseOf.com, December 2019)
• Are you talking about me? How to get alerted when your name is used online (ZDNet.com, March 2017)
• How to create a Google Alert | YouTube Video

• Set-up email under parent account, for kids under 13 (FlagrantDisregard.com, February 2007)
• Chat/Text Abbreviations (Cyberbullying.org, August 2014)
• Trend Micro Free Tools