Posted on May 29th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
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A New study, authored by Jennie Noll, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, shows a correlation between girls posting provocative pictures of themselves on social networking sites and online solicitations.
“The ways in which adolescent females present themselves online as potentially provocative is correlated with the number of sexual advances they’re getting [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
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People need to be aware that as of Friday, May 22, YouTube was filled with user uploads of pornography.
Most outlets are calling the attack a “prank,” but given that the uploaded pornography was specifically labeled with child-friendly tags like “Jonas Brothers,” I’m not so sure that really falls into “prank” territory. To me, a prank [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
Orgeon is using a $655,000 federal grant to fight online predators, an increasing threat to our nation’s children, as more and more children are going online at younger and younger ages.
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Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
As Internet Safety Month approaches in June, it’s encouraging to see that Internet safety issues are increasingly beginning to resonate throughout the globe.
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Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
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We constantly recieve calls from small business asking what they can do to filter and monitor employee internet activity. The callers want to know two things:
How much work time is being wasted by employees chatting, social networking, and shopping online?
What can I do to protect my company from the liability and embarrassment that could result [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
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According to a recent survey released today, 80 percent of teens say they have no limits placed on their use of internet-enabled cell phones and mobile devices.
80 percent. That is an astounding number.
The survey, released by Cox Communications in partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and John Walsh, says that the [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
Plenty of parents of pre-tweens are finding that their personal Apple iPhones are serving a purpose they never expected: entertaining the kids. But with more than 25,000 applications on the Apple App Store and so many of them directed at very young users, it’s a challenge to zero in on the best titles to keep [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
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The question used to be whether or not cyberbullying was a real problem. Now the question is whether it is a problem that the federal government should fix.
The Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act (H.R. 1966) seeks to ammend title 18 of U.S. Code to specifically address the act of cyberbullying, defined in the bill as [...]
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Posted on May 11th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
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In another sign of the growing debate surrounding the harm inflicted by pornography, yesterday the mayor of Rexburg, Idaho, signed an anti-pornography proclamation.
The signing of the proclamation is the first measure of the initiative to include an anti-pornography conference to begin Saturday morning, and a committment wristband campaign. The white commitment wristbands will be handed [...]
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