Internet Safety Blog
Online Community Promoting Child Pornography Taken Down
By Lynette T. Owens Today, was a sad day as one of the darkest and most malicious uses of the Internet was uncovered. In the U.S., 72 people were charged and 52 arrested in the U.S. and abroad, for participating in the online distribution of images...
Privacy Legislation Does Not Eliminate Need to Teach Kids About Online Privacy
By Lynette T. Owens Do a search on the term ‘privacy legislation’ and you will see numerous links to politicians and news stories from the last few weeks. Online privacy has suddenly become the stage for a huge battle between lawmakers,...
Who Will Win? Final Week in 2nd Annual “What’s Your Story?” Contest
By Lynette Owens Last month, we launched the 2nd annual “What’s Your Story?” competition, an international user-generated video contest that empowers youth to be leaders in educating others about being safe online. We are now in the final week for...
Criminals Exploiting Japan’s Tragedy: A Chance to Teach Digital Literacy
By Lynette T. Owens As we’ve all seen, read, and heard, the people of Japan are experiencing tragedy beyond what any of us could have imagined or may ever experience ourselves. Seeing the magnitude of another’s suffering stirs compassion in many...
Countdown to the 2nd Annual “What’s Your Story?” Internet Safety Video Contest
By Lynette T. Owens It pleasantly surprised us a year ago when we launched our first user-generated video contest called What’s Your Story. The goal was to encourage young people to give advice to other young people about being safe online (to see...
A Wish List on International Data Privacy Day
by Lynette T. Owens Online privacy has been a hotly debated topic for a while now, and it has intensified as greater numbers of people from multiple generations are finally adopting new devices and applications. When you start researching the...
CES Musings from a Mom & Internet Safety Advocate
By Lynette T. Owens The 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was held in Las Vegas Convention Center this past January 6-9 and showcased everything from cars and robotic vacuum cleaners to holographic displays and advances in...
Your Family’s Privacy and the Xbox 360 Kinect
By Lynette Owens Santa was very good to my kids this Christmas. They were thrilled to discover that even though they both asked for a Nintendo Wii, they awoke on December 25 to find an Xbox Kinect waiting for them. It is quite a leap from Atari...
Continuing the Fight Against Online Child Pornography
By Lynette T. Owens Today, we announced our membership to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) based in the UK. This has enabled us to expand the fight we began earlier this year to stop the online distribution of child sexual abuse images when we...
