Internet Safety Blog
6 Ways to Keep Gaming Safe and Fun for Kids
by Lynette Owens Video games are valued to be US $179 billion market in 2022 with over 3.24 billion people in the world already playing them. Gaming is a giant in the entertainment industry, allowing many of us to while away hours playing them as a...
If you had one special power to make life online better, what would it be?
Announcing the 2019 What's Your Story? video contest By: Lynette Owens If you had one special power to make life online better, what would it be? That’s the challenge posed by this year’s What’s Your Story? (WYS) video competition, and we think...
4 Tips To Help Your Kids Become Privacy Defenders
By Lynette Owens How much does your family value privacy and how well do you protect it? As kids live more and more of their lives online, they may not think about their privacy – or the privacy of their friends – when posting, sharing, checking...
Media Literacy Week: What the Heck Does That Have to Do with Cybersecurity?
Guest Post by Greg Young Cybersecurity is often about connecting dots, and sometimes the rationale for those connections isn’t immediately obvious. I can remember when folks argued that privacy was not related to security, but those dots are...
Asking the Right Questions: Why Trend Micro Is Fighting for Media Literacy Education
By: Lynette Owens In today’s world of fake news and cyber propaganda, it can be difficult for many of us to know what’s real and what’s there to mislead us. Our kids are arguably even more exposed to potentially damaging messages given they’re...
Back to School Means Back to Good Online Habits
September 18, 2018 By Lynette Owens Back to school can be a stressful time for students and parents alike. The lengthy summer break is sometimes difficult to shake, but a new school year means establishing new routines and getting back into good...
Summer Safety on Social Media
July 3, 2018 This summer, as you snap selfies and share them while on your travels and adventures, be sure to remind your kids (and yourself) to share safely. Social media keeps us connected with family and friends, but it’s increasingly fraught...
Empowering Students to Change the Internet, One Question at a Time
By Lynette Owens Last month, we marked Safer Internet Day on February 6, a day meant to promote safer and more responsible use of technology, especially among youth. Since 2010, we’ve celebrated this day with the launch of our annual “What’s Your...
Help Kids Become Privacy Pros on Data Privacy Day
by Lynette Owens January 28 is Data Privacy Day and we are doing our part to help raise awareness about this important day, especially in a year when concerns about, risks to, and legislation protecting our online privacy are at an all-time high....
