Internet Safety Blog
End of Piracy? New Copyright Enforcement Program to Launch Fall 2012
By Lynette Owens This post was ammended on June 27 to reflect new information. The program will launch this fall, not July 1 as previously noted. Earlier this year, the world banded together to defeat a bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act...
eReaders and Parental Controls
by Lynette Owens This is the 1st in our '10 for 10' weekly series of online safety and digital literacy tips. Since launching Trend Micro’s Internet safety for kids and families program in 2008, I’ve seen the topic of safe and responsible...
From cyberbullying to online reputations to cell phones, ‘What’s Your Story?’
By Lynette Owens The world’s current obsession with kids and technology is understandably rooted in the fear of the unknown and is further fueled by the media’s sensationalization of “kids gone wild” stories that are true but rarely happen....
This Data Privacy Day, Protect What You Post and Even What You Don’t
By Lynette Owens January 28 marks the 4th annual Data Privacy Day which is recognized in over 40 countries. On this day each year since 2008, governments, corporations, schools, and individuals raise awareness about data privacy with the goal of...
What To Tell Your Kids About Online Piracy
By Lynette Owens This past Wednesday, Wikipedia and many other online communities decided to blackout their websites for as long as 24 hours in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). These two pieces of U.S....
Your New Profile is Here: Time for Facebook Timeline
By Lynette T. Owens Last September, Facebook announced that it would change the way your profile would be laid out and how you could share and manage your information. It is not uncommon for sites (social networking, websites, or any site) to...
Helping Kids Take a Stand Against Bullying
By Lynette T. Owens October is Anti-bullying Awareness month in the U.S. and this year, the conversation has clearly shifted from the victims and bullies to the bystanders of bullying. While the media and the rest of us have been shocked,...
Does technology in your kids’ hands worry you?
Guest post by Rosemina Nazarali, Kiwi Commons Technology is all around us -- it’s where we work, how we communicate and even how we entertain ourselves with music and movies. Our favorite gadgets help to make our lives easier but, when it’s in the...
This School Year, Help Kids with the Safe & Responsible Use of Social Networks
Guest Post by Lynette Owens featured on KiwiCommons With the arrival of another school year, many students my also return to a renewed and heavier use of their social networks to keep up with everything from school activities to the social scene. ...
