Less than a week after a UK court made headlines for jailing a teen for cyberbullying, a Missouri woman, Elizabeth Thrasher, has been arrested and charged with felony cyberbullying.
Following the tragic suicide of Megan Meier, many states enacted laws to specifically deal with cyberbullying after Meier was stalked and harassed by Lori Drew and her [...]

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The United Kingdom has ignited a hot debate in the struggle to regulate the Internet.
Keeley Houghton, 18, of Malvern, Worcestshire, England, has been sentenced to three months in a juvenile detention center for posting death threats against another teen, Emily Moore, on her facebook page. The threats were apparently part of a larger campaign of [...]

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We continue our conversation with Sameer Hinduja, co-founder of the Cyberbullying Research Center and noted expert in the field. Today we’re going to be talking about the new book from the Center titled Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying (you can buy it online here) and how the Center was formed.
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We continue our conversation with Sameer Hinduja, co-founder of the Cyberbullying Research Center and noted expert in the field. Today we’re going to be talking about legal avenues to stop cyberbullying, and what role the federal government should play.
What legal means does a parent have to stop cyberbullying? In what cases, or at what point, [...]

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We continue our conversation with Sameer Hinduja, co-founder of the Cyberbullying Research Center and noted expert in the field. Today we’re going to be talking about what to do when a child seems to be involved in cyberbullying.
Before we get into what a parent can do, does your research suggest that the problem is potentially [...]

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Cyberbullying affects one in five teens and is quickly becoming one of the most unfortunate consequences of the media age. The rise of social networking combined with the increasingly pervasive nature of the Internet has created a concerning new form of bullying, one which kids can’t escape by leaving the schoolyard.
Dr. Sameer Hinduja of the [...]

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We asked Dr. Robi, who has a strong background in developmental psychology, how early exposure to pornography can affect a child’s mental development, and what role it can play in determining their sexual inclinations later in life. The answer might shock you.

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One of our filtering solutions, Safe Eyes Mobile for the iPhone and iPod Touch, was recently reviewed on kiwi-commons. Here are some of the highlights:
does a good job at convincing you that you’re searching the ‘real’ internet. You can even bookmark your favourite sites like a normal browser, and open multiple pages at a time.
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Robi Sonderegger, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist who is increasing awareness all over the globe about the psychological harm inflicted by pornography.
Dr. Robi views the ever-increasing availability and intensity of online pornography as a global public health battle that we are currently losing. He is currently giving a series of presentations throughout Australia [...]

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Every parent should watch this video with their kid. This perfectly illustrates just how much the anonymity and lack of consequences that the Internet allows can affect a child’s personality. If you think it’s unrealistic that those two factors would affect a child’s, think about the last time you got cut off in traffic and [...]

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