Internet Safety Blog
Healthy Family Habits to Fight COVID-19 Harms Online and Off
by Lynette Owens As of today, more than 185K global cases of COVID-19 have been documented, according to Johns Hopkins University. Travel has been restricted in many countries, restaurants, bars, and schools have shuttered their doors and many...
Facebook Now Shows Us What We’re Doing Off-Facebook
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...
Taking a Stand Against the Reality of Deepfakes
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...
Staying safe online: should you “friend” your kids on social media?
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...
What’s Your Story? 2020: Behind the Scenes of our Video Contest
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...
Lessons from the Matrix: Did we all take the blue pill in the end?
It’s 20 years since cult movie The Matrix wowed cinema audiences around the world and unleashed a wave of speculation about the meaning of life and the nature of reality. At the heart of the plot was the conceit of the red and blue pill. Hero Neo,...
Tackling Twitter: How to keep your family safe from scammers
Social media sits at the beating heart of 21st century family life. Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are all household names, and families are using one or more of these regularly. These apps are certainly great tools to help us socialize...
End-of-Summer Reading Assignment: Top Tips for Social Media Safety
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...
Don’t wait for laws: Act now to protect your family’s online privacy
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...
