MTV has created athinline.org as a resource for teens who may be dealing with digital abuse. For those unfamiliar, this is a broad term for any form of harassment or mistreatment through digital means, with cell phones being the chief digital medium. The findings from this study reflect much of what we already know from [...]

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Facebook has recently rolled out more user-intensive security measures in order to guard users privacy and encourage members of the site to actively select how they want their content shared. If you’ve been to the site this week you’ve seen a screen asking you to determine or redetermine who can view your postings, photos, etc. [...]

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LG has taken a fresh approach to cyberbullying and other cell-related dangers by infusing some much needed humor into the discussion. And James Lipton is pretty much always a winner as a chic cultural landmark. For the full slate of videos, visit youtube.com/GiveItaPonder.

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Internet pornography is more problematic than ordinary pornography due to its prolific availability, affordability, and perceived anonymity. Excessive Internet pornography consumption has been observed to interfere with sleep, relationships, attitudes, sex, work, and in some cases, may culminate in sexually delinquent/abusive behavior. Although no formal diagnosis currently exists, Internet Pornography Addiction may be included in [...]

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iPhones and iPod touches are going to be flying off the shelves this holiday season, and we are urging parents giving these devices as gifts to young kids to protect them from harmful Internet content. Even though smartphones are certainly nothing new, many of us non-digital natives (born before 1990) aren’t mentally conditioned to think [...]

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Rick Klau is a dad blogger who recently came to the conclusion that OS parental controls were simply not enough. Since he put it so well, I recommend visiting his blog and reading his entire post, but there is a choice bit I wanted to single out: Before this sounds like I’m trying to delegate [...]

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