Internet Safety Blog
Facebook for Kids: Is it That Alarming?
By Lynette Owens A Wall Street Journal article this week has stirred again a discussion about Facebook allowing those under 13 to use its site. Mark Zuckerberg once addressed it in public, when asked about it. It strikes me as odd as Facebook’s...
Making Good ‘Choices’: Words from the 2012 What’s Your Story? contest winners
By Lynette Owens We are proud to have selected the winners of the 3rd annual What's Your Story? online safety video contest. With again some great entries and engagement from youth in the US & Canada, the 2012 judges panel gathered at our...
Online Safety and Video Creation, Sharing, Chatting
By Lynette Owens This is the 4th in our 10 for 10 weekly series of online safety and digital literacy tips. Last week, the Pew center released a study about teens and their attitudes and behaviors around online video use. Today, 37% of teens use...
How to Teach Kids to Steer Clear of Cybercrime
By Lynette Owens This is the 3rd in our "10 for 10" weekly series of online safety and digital literacy tips. Hackers. Spammers. Identity Thieves. These are not words that elicit the level of concern and emotion that bullying, sexting, or...
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....
