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Well, the methodology is definitely flawed – though I suspect it’s deliberate to draw attention to the problem.
Perhaps Opera is less “pervasive” than Britney Spears. That’s not to say Britney could do what Opera does. It’s to say that her cumulative impact, or Kobe’s impact, however devoid the message is of power, is more completely encoded into the mindscape.
The list sounds absolutely absurd…well, because it is. The list was manipulated by hackers from that website, if you look at the first letter of the first 21 person…the message is “marblecake, also the game”.
Here is a more detailed account of how they hacked it – http://musicmachinery.com/2009/04/15/inside-the-precision-hack/
One of the person that hacked Time’s list –
“Zombocom joked to one of his friends “it would be funny to troll Time.com and put us up as most influential, but since we are not explicitly on the list we’ll have to spell it out. ” His friend thought it was impossible. But two weeks later, “marblecake’ was indeed spelled out for all to see at the top of the Time.com poll.
So what is the significance of ‘marblecake’? Zombocom says: ” Marblecake was an irc channel where the “Message to Scientology” video originated. Many believe we are “dead” or only doing hugraids etc, so I thought it would also be a way of saying : we’re still around and we don’t just do only “moralfag” stuff .”
Well, if porn is the new tobacco they should put a sin tax on it. In this economy we could use the revenue. Tax the porn!
It’s true that it seems Myspace was a beta version of Facebook. Most of the people I know below 40 use Facebook and those above that age use Myspace. The older a person is the more likely they are to use Myspace.
To me, Myspace is clunky and not nearly as useful or easy to manage. Myspace is the 80s and Facebook is classic rock in that it never really goes away.
Just my two cents.
The key difference that I see between the two is that smoking is an option. It is not required for the procreation of life. Introducing chemical contaminants and drugs into one’s body via cigarettes/tobacco is completely optional. Though sex is optional, if everyone stopped having sex, life would eventually end.
Sex is a natural part of life, and between two consenting adults should never be outlawed.
Pornography is described as is the depiction of explicit sexual subject matter for the purpose of sexually exciting the viewer. Millions, if not BILLIONS, of people have safely used pornography to enhance their bedroom activities, and often time, as a result, their lives.
Think about all of the families out there that are unable to have children, and how pornography has helped them. Something as simple as the pornography used in the sperm bank to obtain sperm samples. Is this wrong? How much happiness has this simple fact brought to the world?
While I do not condone pornography for (or about) children, and I understand some adults have become addicted to pornography, just as some are addicted to food (another necessary part of life), I cannot even begin to comprehend the idea of a society without pornography.
Walt D in LV
Doing a search online for Christopher Poole, I came across the Wikipedia page that talked about his 4chan.org website. The article made specific mention as those here have also spoke of, that the Time magazine internet poll was falsely manipulated, either by hackers or by the enormous fanbase the 4chan website has. If a website with that large of a fanbase asks all its readers to go vote for them, and that causes the site to make the list, I really believe that is a testament to the site’s large influence.
It is very similar to Howard Stern, and his bid for governor of New York years ago. His enormous popularity and influence would have succeeded in him becoming governor, were it not for his dropping out of the race.
Oprah Winfrey is another person who has an enormous influence. She only needs to make a casual reference to something (e.g. a book) and it immediately tops the best seller list. This is the kind of influence that Time is talking about, and the fact this man made the list proves his influence.
Walt D in LV
P.S. Likewise, ANYONE else could recruit and/or request their fans/following to flock to the site to vote so that they may make the list.
Oh, and in response to Seattle Mom:
“Seattle Mom, on May 5th, 2009 at 3:36 pm Said:
Well, if porn is the new tobacco they should put a sin tax on it. In this economy we could use the revenue. Tax the porn!”
Most pornography nowadays is available for free, so it’s impossible, if not impractical to tax pornography. Even if you put a 5, 10, 20, or 100% tax on it. 100% of zero is still zero.
Walt D in LV
A society without pornography would have no shortage of babies. It would, however, have fewer marriages destroyed and fewer women exploited. How much happiness would that bring to the world?
Anything that has the potential to be toxically addictive needs intelligent filtering.
Pornography is such a loaded action in so many ways that tobacco is/was not, but the potential destructive potential is so much more IMHO
We are aware of the sites which encourage friendship, dating services and more. All of these sites would require some personal information such name, address, birthdays and more enable to avail of membership. The personal information will come in handy for other people who have something on their minds but not friendship. The alarming news about some kids getting kidnapped by a stranger seems to be an ordinary scenario. Little do we know that we can prevent it with some internet safety tips for children. You can have some tips below to say to your children.
I agree with Alan, and cannot believe the crap written by Walt in LV- but then, you do live in sin city so maybe you have become immune to the ill effects these things have on society?? I am not usually this bold and I have never posted anything to a blog before, but my family has been DESTROYED by the effects of internet pornography, porn chat sites and so on. In my opinon, no good can come from porn- it expoits women at the highest level and ridiculously distorts male’s view of what is acceptable and normal when it comes to sex. LOVE is not involved with porn. And, Porn is physically destructive just as alcohol and drug addiction is. Sadly, statistics and experts will tell you that sexual addiction is harder to recover from than alcohol or drug addiction. People lose their jobs, marriages, and end up in jail because of the sex industry and its effects. When are we going to stand up as people and do what is right? Just because we live in America where there is freedom doesn’t make it RIGHT. We have a responsibility to our children and their future to put a stop to this. I will get off my soapbox now, but I hope more will come to realize how severe this is fight for our children and FAMILIES- a dying concept in today’s society sadly.
Poppycock…and I mean that to pornography! Having struggled with the guilt, condenmation and shame of this garbage for well over 2 decades I know it can and does wreck havoc on everyday life.
[While I do not condone pornography for (or about) children, and I understand some adults have become addicted to pornography, just as some are addicted to food (another necessary part of life), I cannot even begin to comprehend the idea of a society without pornography.]
A horrible argument, we need food, we do NOT need sex in order to survive. Yes, if we want the human race to continue then we get married and enjoy sexual relations with one and the only woman we are supposed to love, adore and satisfy.
Sir, you not being able to see society without porn is probably due to the fact that you may have an addiction yourself or it plays a pivotal role in your life somehow. I can say that when my Dad stopped smoking it was difficult but he broke through the addiction and has lived a healthier and more fulfilled life.
The decision I made to stop consciously look at porn everyday and think about it and allow it to control my life was the day I truly started to fight. It’s been an up-hill battle but I have brothers and sisters to help me along the way.
By His grace and for His glory alone,
Tyler
If you need pornography in the bedroom than there is something wrong. Sex is meant to be between a husband and wife. That is what God intended. You are married and then you reproduce. If you think it’s safe to bring porn into a marriage than you have never suffered the effects of it. God never intended the marriage bed to be degraded like that. I pray that there will someday be a society without porn. How many marriages would be saved by that simple fact.
Walt D in LV … if you honestly expect people to believe that there is not huge revenue flowing through these channels, not just ad space dollars but actual subscription fees, you really are insulting the general populace by asking them to be as gullible as you yourself are.
As for the poll and the influence (or whatever portion of the poll you are trying say constitutes some type a “real” influence that should be counted, beyond the effects of the hacking), skewed polling techniques are standard advertising operating procedure, and can be manipulated and generated a lot of ways. If you honestly think that a more highly mobilized fan-base necessarily means a fan-base that is a larger percentage of the general populace (ie the persons being influenced), then you really are a sucker for advertising. Yes, anybody could swing the vote that way if they mobilized enough … but then not everybody will have that same motivation will they? A company making even banner-ad dollars, let alone subscriptions, will have much more incentive to drum up people to go vote than just about anybody else … greed is a great motivator and airtime/web-hits generate cash. anybody who tells you differently is selling something … and it looks like you bought it.
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Porn is not required for the procreation of life, that is silly. The main difference between tobacco in the early 60s and porn now is that our society seems to be more aware of potentially addicting activities and, overall, this is a good thing. I think that the average person knows that porn addiction is real. In the 50s & 60s I dont think people really thought in these terms so much.
Some activities are just wrong in any amount (porn in my opinion) some may be OK in moderation (wine or the occasional cigar, again in my opinion) a good way to see if you are out of control, ask yourself this question; if everyone in the country consumed/patronized at your level where would the particular industry be? thriving or going bankrupt…just a thought.
I was laughing and shaking my head when I read Walt D’s post, because of the seemingly complete ignorance about this issue he is showing here. Porn is in fact very addictive, it’s destructive and it’s completely destroys the character in any person who watches it, even if it’s done in moderate amounts.
It’s destroys how a men looks at the other sex and the worst thing it’s intensifies the objectification mentality in general. Sad thing is that the p industry are constantly pushing harder and more extreme content on the market (there have to be some kind of limit, which I really hope they are about to reach soon), which in turn only makes the objectification of women even worse and more aggressive. Porn addiction also enhances isolation and depression in society as well, as p watching usually is a lonly and isolated act.
Hope this guy (Walt D in lv) will be able to get his head out of the sand someday, and see the reality as it is. Or, as already suggested, he might be addicted himself, and the addict in him unfortunately have taken over, making him blind for the truth…
Porn destroys lives and our socety in general, and I’m really hoping sometime in the future we’ll enjoy a p free society. Or at least strictly reduced.
Wow, what excellent responses. Walt D, please consider those responses.
Internet pornography is a growing aggressive cancer on families and relationships. The rapidity, anonymity and affordability make it a major threat to stable family life. Filtering is a key component of keeping this monster out of the house.
I’m writing about this now at my blog and filtering is one of the areas I will be discussing next week.
Does the safe eyes software works on cell phones like OMNIA i990-L?
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I’m glad to see that even while pornography is being accepted by many different parts in the world, Rexburg Idaho can still take a stand against it. Good job!
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And why is this a huge issue? Google videos would be just as easy to access for a child of any level of computer-savvy, and even google has videos embedded from other sites. And please, do you think it was tough for computer-savvy children to access porn before bing?
Bing (the commenter) those are all valid points. It’s simply a difference of degrees really, and all we wanted to do was inform parents who are manually monitoring their kid’s Internet use that there is a new site to watch out for. Also, Microsoft has at least acknowledged the problem and is working towards a fix:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10257397-2.html
Thanks for commenting and please come back often!
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How about publishing a “Parents guide to the Language of Messaging” so that everyone can get to know these terms?
I’d be happy to edit and compile the “book” into a legible format and provide a copy in “pdf” or “odt” format.
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Thanks for the information, I have adult daughters ages 36 and 30 however I have a 10 yr old grandaughter who has a cell and I go through it all the time to see who is calling her and who she is acalling. It was given to her to keep in contact with her family especially her father who lives in Jamaica howeer she has given the number to a few of her classmates. A little boy likes her and calls her often. She texts as well and they are usually to her family however I want to be aware b/c you can never be too safe.
Thanks again for the information I will pass it on to co-workers, family, friends and clients.
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I’m very disappointed that a commercial venture such as Internet Safety.com, which provides a product that I rely on for the welfar my children, feels the need to go politico and rip into the ACLU with such animosity and sarcasm. I could argue the merits of the work of the ACLU, but that’s not the point here. I think you as a company are better off not aligning yourself either with the right or the left, and that includes leaving off the attacks against the ACLU.
You say you “can’t tell you the number of times I have seen stories about people misusing libraries as their own personal adult theater.”
That’s where your credibility ends.
Why don’t you provide an actual number of actual incidents of people actually caught looking at X-rated material in the children’s section of a public library?
Citing story after vague story about a handful of incidents in a nation of 300 million people isn’t very persuasive. Actually, it’s propaganda.
I am not currently using your product. Can it do the following?
I obviously will have an admin who will be gatekeeper over adding and/or removing blocked content but can all users of the PC add content to be blocked? I see this as sort of a shared responsiblity by all to add inappropriate content.
You can always block more content no matter who you are. Administrators are the only ones that can remove blocked content.
I did not see this particular documentary, but have seen similar docs in the past from other networks. That seems to be the MO of the media … “we are going to make it appear that we care about erradicating these issues, but deep down, we just want to see how far we can push the envelope and this is a great excuse for us to show more skin and get away with it.”
It’s quite frustrating. I think these documentaries cause more people to stumble than actually help them. I know they have caused me to stumble in the past which is why I just avoid them altogether now.
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There are really lots of gamers who are addicted to various kind of games. And because of that, addiction become a growing concern to different countries. But what can one do to maximize the fun in online gaming without neglecting other important aspects of life? Check out this link for some tips. http://www.ultimatearticledirectory.com/article155288-Kicking+the+Habit.html
I wanted to recommend KidRex.org. It’s a kid safe google search that I think would be really helpful to other parents.
Thanks,
Julianne
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This needs to be addressed more than once a year. There are so many dangers online that could result in death.
This isn’t rocket science but I see it all the time. Parents if you want to see your student bypass many painful moments in adolescence do two things with their phones. First disable the picture mail, sexting has hit every school and every grade. Secondly have the internet completely shut off their cellphones. Not just the subscribed part but also the ability to pick up wi-fi. As a parent I couldnt figure out if they had been spammed with it or been looking at it ,could you? Yes you will not be popular but parenting isn’t about being popular its about adults making the best decisions for their students. You pay the bill so be a part deciding what goes on with the device. We live in a rural town of 4,000 and this problem is rampant.
“But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.” – James 1:14-15
Don’t be decieved…it’s not a mental disorder, it’s sin. Deal with your sin, repent before a holy God, trust in Christ and he will lift your burden and take away your desire. Maybe not overnight, but He will do it.
How exactly does overnight charging help? It might keep the teens away from their phones for a short time, but they have more then enough at school to make up for it. The only reason I can see such an idea being of use would be by providing an excuse for some rummaging around it’s files.
I also would like to point out that just about any teenager who has parents friending their social network profile will soon catch on to the idea of multible profiles… one respectable sham for the parents, and one real profile they don’t know about.
An interesting theory, but something just feels wrong. If what he said were true, I would expect to see far more pedophiles.
I think I might have a way to test it though. The research is beyond me, so I can’t do this, but it occurs to me that if internet porn is indeed creating the perfect environment to create pedophiles there should be evidence in age distribution of offenders – they should be mostly in their early to mid twenties, people who spent their sexually-formulative teenage years online with maximum exposure to online pornography.
I also have my doubts about just how easy child porn is to find – I’ve always assumed that it’s got to be fairly hidden, simply because any advertised too openly would quickly attract the attention of law enforcement. But, for obvious reasons, I’m not going to look for it myself and find out with any certinty.
Great article. We have recently formed a not for profit called SA Lifeline that focuses on Sexual / Pornography addiction education and instruction. As part of our launch we have teamed with a leading Neurologist that have done an extensive amount of research on the topic. He also completed a book about pornography addiction that dives into its impact on the brain. Please take a look at the write up on the book and let us know you think. 100% of the proceeds from the book are going to spread this message. To date we have given away over 500 books to local religious, civic, and business leaders in our immediate community.
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Microsoft Bing would be the closest competitor of Google. but i still use Google because it shows more relevant search results on the serp.
It would be great to have some of the time restrictions as well. We have it set for internet to be “off” after midnight; but this doesn’t stop a young user from “chatting” or using mail well into the wee hours, long after everyone else is in bed asleep. I know these can be manually switched off; but having that automated feature on the desktop app has been very helpful in limiting hours of usage.
i have been evaluating the search results of Microsoft Bing compared to Google and they are comparable. Bing gives almost the same relevant search results just like Google.
yes, this setting can be very helpful in maintaining privacy in the Facebook community but the first and foremost rule must be: not to add strangers especially for reasons like number of friends and game pals. if you are put in a position wherein declining a friend request is a matter of life and death, you can always delete them after.
thanks. great post.
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I think that now we can define this generation geek largely influenced by social networks. Many Internet users have registered at least one social network that is personal (Facebook), professional (MySpace) and microblogging (Twitter), photo sharing, social publishing and so on. One component of social networking, as we have seen together, it is almost always bundled with 2.0 sites (and others).
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You’ll find many sounding pictures for kiddies on http://www.Winzki.de
The “Winzki.de” apps have been specifically designed for the use by young children. For example: If you swipe, it even works when another finger rests on the display. AND they work with the iPhone in “Airplane mode”.
Of course, there’s a “Lite Winzki” for free, so you can try it out. More themes are “Farm Winzki”, “Home Winzki”, “Build Winzki”, “Cute Winzki” and possibly even more…
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I just have to say that this is amazing gesture, and an amusingly random article for me to stumble across. I was linked to your site by the Rick and Bubba Show and I saw this article. Although I’m currently living in South Carolina, my wife is from Russellville and her family still lives there. Great work guys!
Sounds good, but safe eyes mobile uses its own browser. Whats to stop anyone using safari instead? that would completely bypass the safe eyes filter surely?
Right, which is why everyone needs to restrict Safari using the restrictions under the general settings on your iPhone/iPod touch. Also, since there are other browsers that you can download besides Safari, parents should also restrict the app store so that their kids don’t download a browser to get around Safe Eyes Mobile.
Of course, the main problem with this approach it that the child can actually format the phone, allowing him to just reinstall all programs and circumvent any parental controls, as a format and a re-sync doesn’t sync settings, only music/video. Therefore, you must prohibit access to iTunes on the computer itself, which poses problems, since it removes that main syncing option for the iPhone.
Thanks Nailo. This is of course the reason that technology can never completely replace parenting, and why we recommend that all our customers talk about Internet Safety as a family before installing our filters. What Nailo describes is basically a “nuclear option” which would wipe out all apps downloaded on the iPhone, and is more a problem with Apple’s implementation of parental controls as it affects all settings as well. This is a perfect example of why good parenting must accompany good technology. Neither work very well on their own. Periodically check your kids iPhone to make sure that they haven’t reformatted.
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Good job guys. It’s nice to see that even in tough times, people are still helping each other through rough waters (no pun intended).
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i have been using the BING search engine for a couple of weeks. it seems to be as good as Google but for some reason i would still want to stick with Google search engine –
I wonder how hard it is to be customer rep acting as a cushion to absorb customer complains. Good to hear there are some companies doing something about making their employee feel appreciated.
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When are you going to release an app for Android?
As soon as we can.
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Re the question: why do so many people use internet porn when they don’t approve? Porn IS an addictive activity, and addicts are often split between being an addict and doing the things that this/her addiction wants/drives them to do, and a deeper, I would suggest HIGHER part of their being which knows that this addictive activity (booze, drugs, porn, gambling) is harming them. Porn’s more subtle in the sense that unlike drink of drugs it’s not obviously physically harmful, and unlike gambling it doesn’t cost much, if anything. Because of this it’s harder to combat. There’s no doubt in my mind that porn is possibly the worst type of addiction because it profoundly degrades the inner feeling of which sexuality is a part, and influences young men in particular to view girls and women as objects to be manipulated according to the most recent porn activity they watched.
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My 12 yr son is fascinated by utube videos. The filtering from safe eyes seems to be doing a good job but do you think it goes far enough?
How about a toolbar for Firefox?
The youtube filtering works very well, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t occasionally sit down with your son and ask him to show you something cool on YouTube. It will let you know what types of things he’s looking at, but also just provide an opportunity for the two of you to share a laugh or talk. Maintaining involvement and open communication are always key.
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nice and well written post!!!
“Furthermore, the study that Magid is referring to actually shows a 402% increase in the arrest of online predators from 2000 to 2006, so there is clear statistical and case-by-case evidence that the problem not only exists, but is actually getting worse.”
Whoever wrote that? Go back to school. Study basic statistics. Because you just flunked it. You’re wrong for two reasons, either of which should be blindingly obvious.
Firstly, the internet was exploding in popularity during that period. More people online means more crime online, whatever the crime.
Secondly, because 2000-2008 also happens to be the period when the most successful crackdown on child porn ever was in play – in the UK under the codename Operation Ore, with constant exchange of information with the FBI handling the american side.
Is it any surprise that convictions went up so high?
Other than that, what can you offer? Single examples and scarey stories, that’s all. Worthless. You’re trying to mask the extremally low danger by terrifying parents into overreacting.
Thanks for your comments. What is really needed is a realistic portrayal of the problem that informs parents not only of worst case scenarios like the ones in the post, and of their real likelihood, but also what are more common scenarios associated with chatting and chat rooms. And whatever your opinions on the reason for the 402% increase, the fact is there was a 402% increase in arrests according to the study. The fact that the majority of the arrests were due to increases in law enforcement involvement only shows that tactics fighting the problem are working, not that the problem is somehow going away or non-existent.
All we are saying is that this is a confusing area for parents because they are getting mixed signals, and there needs to be a clear examination of the problem that neither seeks to downplay or exaggerate the threat.
One problem is that most people, (especially men) don’t want to admit that it is a problem (or addiction), for fear of being associated with it and grossly labeled, whether they have a problem with it or not. So they pretend that they are above it, and that it is “everyone else” they are trying to protect, which only serves to perpetuate the myth. If more people (especially men) were honest about it, I think we would find that over 90% of men have at least a mild problem (or addiction), with a great percentage having serious problems (or addictions). It has just become too easy to find, and difficult to avoid, and it is time to admit that ALL of us need internet filtering. (Not just our kids). So to answer the question: why do so many people use internet porn when they don’t approve? Because they don’t want to admit that they are weak, and that they need help! Sometimes all it takes is a little help. I say, lets get it out of our homes, and out of our businesses, and we will have taken a big step in getting it out of our lives!
Well i believe its the site owners responsibility to have some one monitor the chat room and if something is shady log the ip address give the authrities something to go on . Going into a chatroom is just a risk your takinge . yo unever know who is there a child or a big pervert . I use the one at http://www.belizesocial.com. and they monitor there chats . I think we should parent who volunteer to seek out these perverts
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Sunderwirth is actually an organic chemist. He hasn’t published anything on this since 1996, its not mainstream psychology.
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Nonsense. Pornography, in itself, is not inherently addictive. At all. I can prove it. Try this experiment:
Watch porn and do not masturbate at all. It may be difficult, but don’t. In fact, if you masturbate later on while you’re not watching porn, don’t even think about the porn that you watched.
Suddenly pornography’s not that addictive, is it? In fact, without directly connecting a physical, sexual experience of your own with the viewing of pornography, pornography doesn’t even feel that attractive.
Pornography is only addicting when masturbation is incorporated into the activity of viewing it. Separating the two activities is the key to defeating any perceived addiction.
Perhaps this was meant to all just be funny but it got out of hand at #7 and #8 & #9 are also ridiculous.
Vicki’s opinion is reprinted below.
My opinion (and the opinion of many other parenting experts) is that children APPRECIATE parents that are affectionate even though they will act like it grosses them out!
One of the many problems with marriages today is that Dad doesn’t show ENOUGH affection to Mom. Any child who has seen their parents divorce would give anything to have parents who exchanged PDA on Facebook and anywhere else.
Public Displays of Affection are ACCEPTABLE and even more so if you answer to the title “Mom” or “Dad.”
Could there be more behind Vicki’s opinion that what is really best for children when it comes to being a mom or dad?
Vicki Courtney wrote:
What child wouldn’t need intensive therapy after seeing Dad’s status message in the newsfeed: “My wife is a total hottie and I’m counting the days until our weekend get-away.” Ew, ew, ew. In fact, Dad’s entire friend list may need therapy after that one. Facebook PDA is unacceptable at any age, and even more so if you answer to the title “Mom” or “Dad.”
We are confused about who actually sees a video that is posted to Utube. Our 13 y.o. daughter, made a video of herself singing a song and then posted it to Utube. She maintains that only her friends (people she has given her email address to) can view this. I don’t agree.
Who is correct?
I agree totally with Dan’s assessment and take it even further. Having a filter as good as SafeEyes is is not restricting, it is freeing. It frees you to allow your family to surf the internet without fear of accidently hitting inappropriate content. I gives me the freedom to know I am honoring my wife and children when I surf the internet myself.
Hi Diane,
YouTube does allow users to post videos and only share it with friends. Users can set a video to private and select 20 people to share it with, so your daughter could very well be telling you the truth. This is a great example of why it’s a good idea for parents to get accounts at all the major social networking sites, including video sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, so that they can familiarize themselves with the user options.
I thought that this article would revolve around safety not sparing my child embarassment in their teen years! After having seen a 15-16 year old stalked i.e. 40 year old man show up at her birthday, her brother’s graduation and following her home, I am aware of the dangers that facebook and my-space can pose. The man was caught with a trunk full of cameras and several fake i.d.s He was then let go because he could not be charged on anything (this happened in Korea near a military base). This girl didn’t even have her own page, but was found by the man looking at pictures of her on a friend’s page! I would much rather post things and be in my kids lives than worry about what might enbarass them, i.e. this girl’s mom didn’t even know how to check her e-mail!
What a cop out! Why have you disabled comments on the youtube video? Scared that you will be exposed as a fraud.
My mistake, they are on now. Please keep it clean and respectful.
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Great tip! It’s so important to protect your digital footprint.
Don’t forget to double check your Applications and Websites settings as well, which controls what information of yours is available to Facebook via enhanced applications and websites. Here are two great references on this:
http://kiwicommons.com/2009/12/facebook-privacy-settings-guide/
http://www.facebook.com/help/#/help/?page=839
Good information very useful for me and I’m sure others that have taken a look at it say the same thing. There is alot of information that can be taken and used, even if it is only to impress other people
BING search engine is just as good as Google. In my own personal experience, Google does give more releveant search result than Bing but the difference is very small. **
There was a quite in-depth discussion of this video on xxxchurch.com, too:
http://xxxchurch.com/gethelp/parents/index/blog/isinternetpornaddictive.html
Unfortunatly it turned rather rambley and ran off-topic due to a dispute over the nature of sexuality between myself and some Christians.
A survey on sex by an MTV-affiliated website? That’s one hell of a selection bias.
i am a user of Microsofts BING search engine and it is as good as google for static webpage search. for searching blogs, i think google gives more relevant search results compared bing.
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Suricou Raven, Keep up the good work,
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Wow, that is a looooooong comment thread. Interesting reading.
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my default search engine is Yahoo but now i am using BING because it is much better than Yahoo. i heard that Bing search engine would power Yahoo search also.
Will this be for the Mac as well as the PC?? I’m dying for a new version for the Mac.
It is the producers’ responsibility to update their products. No innovation, no markets.
The Mac version will come after the PC version, but we will start working toward getting the Mac version up to speed as soon as the PC version is released. Thanks for the interest!
Does anyone know if this will block out the previews or the thumbnails of mature content on itunes? I am always annoyed to see thumbnails on the cover pages of itunes that have mature content. Wether it be apps, tv, music or movies. The settings help if selecting it but does not block out the thumbnails.
A fully-fledged browser with banner-ad blocking technology would be more useful.
I am excited about this new 6.
Thank you so much for providing a safer alternative to our internet viewin. I feel alot safer knowing that I have safeeyes to protect my kids and myself from bad content. I thank God for you guys. Keep up and keep on getting ahead of the game. God bless
The cynical side of me says that Wood’s treatment isn’t for him so much as for his reputation. Spend a little time in therepy, then come out with the announcement that he is ‘cured.’ Problem solved, reputation saved. He isn’t really a cheat – he was just under the influence of a now-corrected medical problem.
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I am a past user of just the standard safeyes program and would like to subscribe to it again. How do I go about it? I want to block internet porn.
i think that Bing is not as good as Google. Google would still index new websites faster than Bing. Microsoft would still need a lot of catching to do with GoogleBot.
Easy, just go here and sign up:
http://www.internetsafety.com/safe-eyes-parental-control-software.php
I’d recommend this site for kids, visit TUKI (The Ultimate Kids’ Internet), an environment for kids that builds character, teaches kids about money and finance, health and nutrition, success principles, internet safety and is fun and safe.
Useful tips, specially 3rd one “Up skill yourself online”.
It is very much required for everybody to keep you updated with advancement in technology to be aware about its pros and cons.
Judith Reisman of http://www.drjudithreisman.com/ may be interested in this story. She is concerned with, for example, “the power and effect of images and the monopoly media to alter human behavior.”
Perhaps you could contact John Mayer and Robert Pattinson to see if they are willing to assist her in her efforts regarding the topic they discussed.
As a side note to Mayer’s comment, check out: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,595060957,00.html
Turns out he was right.
That’s one of the things I love most about SafeEyes – that it works on all browsers on the computer. There is a lot of talk about protecting children around here but in my household it’s just my husband and I and it’s him that asked me to set up web content filters. I used to have a filter set up on Firefox (a free add-on kind of thing) but he admitted that the temptation to download another browser was a problem. SafeEyes has been great for us!
Does the new YouTube filter work for Mac? On the previous version of SafeEyes it was only for PC. I was pretty disappointed when I found that out since YouTube has been a problem for us in the past.
I use both Bing and Google search engine and i dont see much difference in their search results. I use google for searching hard to find academic topics and Bing for general search.
If you are worried about browser-switching, then safeeyes isn’t a full solution either: All it does is force the user to go to the extra trouble of downloading and burning a linux liveCD.
“Conducting an image search for an innocuous subject like ‘MasterCard’ can have children confronted with sexually explicit images in a matter of seconds.”
I just have to test this… And it works! Cool.
“In a recent explorative survey of three hundred Internet users, a significant relationship was found between online exposure to sexualized content and sexual obsession, deviation and perversion (in both online and offline behavior).”
It seems more plausable to me that this goes the other way: People predisposed towards sexual ‘obsession, deviation and perversion’ as Robi rather unscientifically puts it are more likely to look at pornography.
Do you have safe eyes for Kindle??
I clearly can’t speak regarding someone else, however I believe all of the press that this saga is receiving is absurd. Tiger cheated on his spouse, not the game of golf. The only people the guy really should have to appease is going to be his loved ones and sponsors. It is actually obvious why he must apologize and try to make amends with Elin. His sponsors have invested plenty of cash marketing the guy. In addition to that, this is a confidential family concern and they ought to be permitted to handle this behind closed doors. The public just doesn’t have the right to find out every small detail with regards to everybody’s life, no matter what their public figure status.
Interesting. I like this phrase: substituting endlessness for intimacy. It’s true that social media is ENDLESS..you can ALWAYS be online talking & connecting to someone. But how intimate is it?
Thanks for the great post!
Can I view these usage reports remotely on your web site, as the administrator? Or, do I have to sit at each child’s computer and view them. The former, as you might expect, is far more attractive. Having to interrupt them in the evening is far more invasive. Thanks.
“The cynical side of me says that Wood’s treatment isn’t for
him so much as for his reputation. Spend a little time in therepy, then come out with the announcement that he is ‘cured.’ Problem solved, reputation saved. He isn’t really a cheat – he was just under the influence of a now-corrected medical problem.”
And I think we need to stop here and make the following point: an “addiction” is a behavior that a] the subject detests and wants to quit, and b] is apparently unable to quit, and c] he/she despairs of his/her ability to quit.
It’s certainly not clear that Tiger is an addict. He’s definitely been extremely badly behaved. If Elin was aware of this beforehand, she didn’t handle it well … he should’ve been tossed out for his bad behavior at the first sign and the pressure shouldn’t have been allowed to build to the point that she (ostensibly) took a club to him and chased him into the streets.
Apparently, he was allowed to behave badly until she broke. Now, I suppose it’s possible that this behavior was unknown to Mrs. Woods until the incident. Generally, a man will respond to the negative consequences of his actions … but if there are no consequences until the “straw that breaks the camel’s back” and then divorce happens, it’s too late for the marriage, or his reputation.
Another casualty of sin.
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cool video
Yes, you can view them on our web site. Just go to the Safe Eyes page and click the “My Account” button at the top right. To do this, you have to elect to keep the reports on our server.
Interesting this obviously isnt the first program of its kind to operate in this manner. It is good to see it getting such heavy support from the corporations. Perhaps we are further along the road to fully supported streaming media that has previously been indicated.
Overview of this story @:http://moviebake.com/uncategorized/filtering-online-tv-and-movies-with-safe-eyes-6/
Whne will Safe eyes be available?
Why do we have to buy the safe eyes 6. I have been able to upgrade for free since I brought the program about 7 or 8 months ago. I don’t think it fair that I have to spend 80.00 buck every two years for an upgrade when I spend 60 bucks to buy the program. If i already have the safe eyes 5.6 can i upgrade to the 6 version without paying for it. not everyone has $80 to just lay down at a drop of a hat.
I am the wife of a man who has had a sexual addiction for 30 years. I was unaware of his addiction and subsequent adultery until recently. It seems impossible to believe that the man you love can carry on a secret life that you are unaware of, yet other than a few red flags, it happened to me. He is now in recovery which includes an accountability partner, internet filter which reports his activity on the internet to his accountability partner, a support group, a counselor, a church that has been very supportive to both him and me, and his complete submission to the Lord. Though the scars of his betrayal run deep I have, through the power of God, been able to forgive him and continue to love him. Our marriage is healing. I want others to know who have a spouse with a sexual addiction it is possible to rebuild your marriage but only through a close walk with the one who died for our sins, our Savior and Lord. The other thing I want others to be aware of is that my husband’s walk into the deep darkness of sexual sin began when he was exposed as a young boy to pornography. So many of the men in his support group can attest to similar experiences. I caution you parents and grandparents to guard your children’s eyes against the images of lust that get engraven on their minds.
Hi!
Can we see all videos that our kids have been watched, but just the videos watched in the media player or in the youtube and all sites where have videos?
Thanks!
Excellent! Glas to hear it!
I am glad that google and youtube take steps to show us that they care about the content that they are putting out. The more we can get them on the side of the family, the more support they will have from me!
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All upgrades are free to current subscribers. You can download Safe Eyes 6 for free with no additonal charges to your yearly subscription. $49.95 per year is all you have to pay.
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Article which appeared on “the Scientist.com” recently says:
“Michael Goldstein and Harold Kant found that rapists were more likely than nonrapists in the prison population to have been punished for looking at pornography while a youngster, while other research has shown that incarcerated nonrapists had seen more pornography, and seen it at an earlier age, than rapists. What does correlate highly with sex offense is a strict, repressive religious upbringing. Richard Green too has reported that both rapists and child molesters use less pornography than a control group of “normal” males.”
http://www.the-scientist.com/2010/3/1/29/1/
Adapted from “Pornography, Public Acceptance and Sex Related Crime: A Review,” Int J Law Psychiatry, 32:304–14, 2009. http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/biblio/articles/2005to2009/2009-pornography-acceptance-crime.html
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“will be made into a feature film of the same name, which is slated for release in 2011.”
I look forward to making fun of it.
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That’s fantastic. It’s really great that someone who really doesn’t have to help, does. Thanks David!
I must say I do worry about the safety of my kids when they surf on the internet sometimes. I regularly check out the best websites for my kids websites by using http://www.DozenKids.com. Also, check out this interesting blog post I found last night, it has lots of advice for parents including info on kids websites, roads safety, schools, health and lots more.
children should not be allowed to use the internet until 16 thats my veiw
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The internet is full of porn.
Wow.
Thank you for this amazing insight.
The other really frightening part of the new reality for kids — and especially girls — is the level of vulgarity they are exposed to. Ideas and words that are basically pornographic are circulated so freely — among supposed “friends” on facebook. Is anyone thinking about standards of decency on the internet? We didn’t go around publishing pornographic language in newspapers before the internet.
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yeah safe eyes is great.NOT. i have to do a project and print out pictures. to bad safe eyes blocks everything. i understand porn. but come on. i was just screwing around and it even blocked winnie the pooh. COME ON WINNNIE THE POOH.
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Recently my sister and her 12 year old son were visiting. When we heard he had “just missed” a chance to chat with the Jonas brothers we were intrigued. We went to the sight to check it out. In seconds we were connected with a young man. Though he didn’t look predatory, He clearly was looking for something. As adults, each of us felt instantly violated. It felt as though we had brought a complete stranger into our home. My wife and I whisked away from the table and my sister quickly shut the laptop. I can think of no healthy reason for anyone, let alone young men and women, to ever make use of this site or sites like it. Stay clear, use a filter like Safe Eyes and protect your children and home!
What’s interesting here is that the show that made David famous routinely advocated many types of pornography and helped to create the illusion that porn is a normal and an acceptable part of life. That always saddened me. Kudos to him for making a difference now, though.
It’s funny you bring that up because the show did deal with pornography in an interesting way. When Joey and Chandler started getting free cable porn, the characters were of course ecstatic, but the writers used it to show that it was warping their view of inter-gender relationships through jokes. The character made jokes about a plumber coming by and it not leading to sex, and the pizza delivery girl actually only delivered pizza. In a roundabout way saying that pornography leads to unrealistic expectations and objectifies women. Of course that was only one episode, and it did treat the matter in a flippant manner. Anyone else think “Friends” helped normalize porn?
Hey Jeff, sounds like you might need to add some sites to your whitelist or back off some of the categories. If Safe Eyes is overblocking you can always adjust the settings or discuss adjusting them with your parents.
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Again Dr Robi is obfuscating the debate by quoting literature on a different topic (media violence) but failing to quote any supporting his actual thesis. Come on where are the references?
It’s funny how Omegle is a spin-off of anicechat.net and Chatroulette a spin-off of Omegle! I think anicechat.net deserves some respect, as it was the first. Create a facebook group and spread the truth, anyone?
This looks freaking awesome! That’s great to hear! Please let us know what you think of it. I am greatly enjoying it, myself.
What about for Android, the fastest growing mobile platform????
The nice thing about the app is that I can change settings as we go along. When a site is blocked that shouldn’t be, I can add it to the “allow” list. If a bad site slips through the filters I can add it to the “block” list.
I think thats great!
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“In our recent customer satisfaction survey…”
Wouldn’t anyone who wasn’t satisfied would cease to use SafeEyes, and thus not be subject to the survey?
I do not like what this dude is doing, I mean you can’t force someone to do something that they do not want to do. One simple thing to do here is follow some simple safety rule while on the web. Here is a great example.
http://yovia.com/blogs/chatman/2010/05/04/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-on-internet-safety/?gcid=1677
I have already removed my children from all social networking sites for the following reasons. Please pay close attention to number three.
1) Questionable pictures being displayed in their friends, friends-of-friends, or other profiles which they could easily see.
2) The profanity – Hatred towards others – Gossip.
3) Talking to people not in their friends list (strangers and people I didn’t authorize and/or know).
They could meet a predator online like so many others have done and continue to do. Some children have been sold (child trafficking), some have been raped, and some have been murdered. I did NOT want this to happen to my children so I banned them (thank you Safe Eyes) from all Social Networking sites and any sites that have open chat. I recommend the same for all children under the age of eighteen. I therefore stand in agreement with this principal and commend him for doing his job in trying to keep his students safe.
This looks good man, but I still think that it is the parents responsibility to educate their kids on the dangers of internet safety. After all, look how simple it can be!
http://yovia.com/blogs/chatman/2010/05/04/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-on-internet-safety/?gcid=1677
No, actually, this survey included people who are first-year customers. If you want to see what people are saying for themselves without being asked just visit our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/internetsafetydotcom. I can tell from the nature of your comments that you are opposed to filtering in general and what we do, but the comments speak for themselves. People appreciate the fact that our product provides peace of mind and a clean Internet experience.
Did you just accidentially-on-purpose give the impression that a school princible endorsed Safe Eyes?
That’s low.
I wholeheartedly agree with this Principal and applaud him for being strong enough to take the heat. People are naive to think “it won’t happen to me or my children”. I think parents need to remember they are “parents” and not be embarrassed to be unpopular with their kids. Saying “no” to our children is a lost art. It can be done in a loving and positive manner. And since when is it so important that our children agree with our every decision??
Sorry if I gave that impression. He did not endorse Safe Eyes. He endorsed parental control filters like Safe Eyes, which is what I wrote in the post. Hope that is clear enough.
Linda, I agree with you whole heartedly.
and when will the Mac version of the improvements be available?
We have several releases for the Mac version scheduled in 2010.
The iPad is the best gadget ever made. However, it lacks something. something very very important. the capability to multitask. I hope apple will work on that matter.
Good article. Most teens are not able to manage emotions simply because many are raised without the proper parental love and care needed to help in emotional times of need.
Great article and another great tool for us to remember as parents and minsitry leaders.
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I think this whole cyberbullying scare is overblown. It’s nothing but words – they can be simply ignored. The victims are the ones who choose to be so easily insulted, when all they need to do is apply the traditional bullying solution: Ignore it. It’s not fun if the victim doesn’t cooperate and respond to the insults with an outpouring of angst.
I can’t remember what I wrote to be edited, but if I did write that at 1:13am then I’m sure it’s nothing good :>
It was just a little insensitive to be written about a 13-y-o girl. We have to remember that kids are not adults and can not be expected to deal with problems as adults would.
Yes, I did know about these settings which is why I told my children that I must have their username and password at all times or they weren’t able to have a Facebook. They were also told NOT to befriend anyone or message anyone without first talking to me or they would lose their Facebook. They opted to befriend and message people without talking to me first so they lost their Facebook accounts until they are sixteen years of age.
I like your style
What’s the point of a social networking site if you’re not allowed to do anything on it?
My son blocked me off his facebook wall/updates. I messaged him and after couple exchanges I mentioned that I could simply block facebook via safeeyes and that would be that. He messaged me back and said “oh well, I gave it a good try…” then he opened it back up! So the choice is, he can know he is being monitored… or he can not participate at all – his choice!
Love Safeeyes! Lets me know exactly where everyone in my family goes on the internet.
HELLO: YES,I HATE PORNOGRAPHY! I LOVE SAFE EYES! THANK YOU! BILL
16 is the worst age to let a disobedient child loose with Facebook or anything. sigh
Good to see Apple is doing something to help protect children online.
I have compassion for those who suffer abuse like this, but I also think that a teenager lacking the strength of character to simply delete their account, shrug it off, and move on, has a deeper problem. Networks like formspring simply serve as a catalyst for issues that would still be troubling without them.
That’s no justification, of course. “Such things must come, but woe to him through whom they come.” I think you’re probably right that the world would be better off without such a network. But the underlying problems are more important. Let’s not go chasing shadows, even when the shadows are dark. I’d like to see formspring disappear from the face of the earth, but I’d rather see parents, siblings, teachers and church members reaching out in love to the vulnerable teens in their lives.
I also think the last line in this article is unjustified. I live abroad, and use facebook to keep in touch with my teenage siblings in the US. Is that “bad in practice?” It’s ridiculous to make a blanket statement about what is bad “in practice.” If something is always bad in practice, then it is just bad. If you need to include the words “in practice” at all, then you can’t say that they always apply. Social networking for teens is neither new nor generally harmful. There have always been dangers and there have always been benefits. The emergence of the Internet provides a new medium, but not a new moral dilemma. Plenty of excellent things are done through online social networking, of which this very site, on which we discuss things with each other is an example. The proper reaction is vigilance, not outright rejection.
So I’m seeing you tweet a lot about this an I’m retweeting but I don’t get what you mean when you say it’s from June 1-7. Do only tweets during those days count?
I totally agree here. The reason God gave kids parents was so we would be there to protect them from their own ignorance. Kids don’t understand the dangers of sharing too much information with people or taking pictures of themselves that might produce unwanted attention from someone–they think they can control anything and everything. I also require all account passwords from my 15 year old. He knows that I can check up on him at any time. Yes, that may stiffle his “freedom” but at least I will have a child that is safe and hopefully growing into a more responsible adult. That’s my job and I take it VERY seriously!
I think that it is rediculous that we are blocked by facebook, myspace, twitter, ect. because then there is no point in having one at all. I think that our parents should trust us. I mean seriously, this is teenagers life (social websites) and you are just going to ban it from them?… That is just wrong. That is all I have to say about the situation so l8ter.
later** Sorry, I didnt know if anyone would understand what that meant.
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Thanks for this post mate. hope you have a good day. thanks
Thanks for the info! And did you hear some information about Actymac VidShots Remote? I know that it allows to
get video from Mac desktop to iPhone. May be it is very useful for remote
parental control and employees watching.
Speaking as a school IT technician:
We have one concern above all others in choice of software: Protecting ourselves from legal risk. Our second concern is an uninterupted learning experience.
Psychological harm from pornography? Seems too remote a possibility to consider. Raising them with moral standards? Not our problem. Filtering isn’t to protect the pupils – it’s to protect us from parents suing the school because they believe their delicate little angel’s mind was ruined when she learned what a penis looks like. It’s also to force the pupils to actually learn something during class, instead of wasteing their time playing games.
The latter is a losing battle. The appeal of pornography is considerable, but it is nothing compared to the appeal of games to a pupil bored during class.
Parential communication is a matter for the senior teaching staff – and there’s no way in hell we’re going near that legal minefield.
Those on the right oppose .xxx, on the grounds that it’ll mean more space for porn. Though personally i think this isn’t true, as the production of porn is determined by the law of supply and demand.
Those on the left oppose it on grounds of potential future expansion to limit freedom of speech.
But there is one very powerful faction that does support .xxx, and that is entirely responsible for it’s advancement: ICM Registry. The company not only pushed for .xxx in formal requests, but has threatened legal action if ICANN denies it. There is a huge amount of money to be had in .xxx, and ICM wants it’s slice of that pie.
That’s the reason .xxx is going ahead: Money, pure and simple.
In terms of it’s impact on porn, I don’t imagine .xxx will do anything at all. Plenty of responsible sites will move there, but that just means less competition for the large number of irresponsible sites that benefit from getting as many users in as possible to view the adverts – and you can’t simply regulate them into .xxx, because they can easily move jurisdiction to avoid any laws, and even set up in country-specific TLDs, completly outside of ICANN’s control. Any attempt would likely face legal challenges, in addition to being ineffective.
So this doesn’t change anything, really.
I bookmarked this website a while ago because of the good content and I have never been unsatisfied. Continue the good work.
I think that Dr Robi has hit the nail on the head here. There is a lot of guilt and shame associated with those issues and it does sometimes result in a negative output.
Safe Eyes is a fantastic piece of software and one that I have used for a long time. http://www.scf.im highly recommends and sends lots of customers towards safe eyes because it a very thorough filter but in addition to this, scf.im also talks about issues like to what is talked about in this blog has mentioned here and like Dr Robi’s material, it’s free.
I highly recommend Safe Eyes and scf.im !
I don’t want it to be voluntary but mandatory. If this is the first step then I am for it.
I’m new to all this “jailbreak and unlock” terms referring the iphone. Anyone care to share what you know in layman terms.
There is a vague resemblence to Ghostbusters.
The movie from the 1980s is “Little Girl Lost”
Ach, the one guy who has no interest in our Software is the one who got it right. The opening paragraph references dogs and cats stopping fighting, and this clip from Ghostbusters ends in the same chilling, apocalyptic vision:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ZOKDmorj0
Raven, I assume given your near constant criticism of what we do that you have no interest in a free year of Safe Eyes. If that’s the case, I’d like to give the year to Jacob. If you do want it, it’s all yours.
I have no interest in it for myself, no. If he wants it, go ahead.
Wouldn’t work, Opey. In princible porn could be banned from .com, .org and .net, yes. But that wouldn’t force it into .xxx. It’d just force it out i nto the country codes – so you’d see porn.cn, porn.tw, porn.fr, and so on. The internet is an international network now, and although the US does retain more control than any other country over it’s management, their power is not total. ICANN doesn’t manage country codes – it merely allocates them to their respective countries, and has no authority over what happens after that.
I agree with Dr. Robi on encouraging our loved ones instead of condemning them on their weaknesses. By showing love and understanding we can help to lift them out of the shame that can be associated with online porn and help to strengthen their positive traits and beliefs. By teaching sound Internet safety rules to children when they are young, parents can help to avoid the pitfalls of darker content that is found on the Internet. Safe eyes offers a quality service to help and assist parents to instill good online behavior. Promoting awareness to this fact will provide a better online experience for parents and children alike.
Facebook wasn’t intended for teenagers or kids. It was first for college students and to have a Facebook account, you had to have a college email address, or one as an alumni (or staff). When it was opened up to the general public, there was an age limit that did not include teenagers under 18. There wasn’t anything to prevent a teenager from making an account, though.
So, being that Facebook isn’t FOR teenagers, they should be happy if their parents allow them to have an account with the conditions they set. It isn’t something you’re ENTITLED to.
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Just beware the arms race – block too much, and the child tries to circumvent the blocks.
Which they will, given enough time.
Oh, and in defence of the ‘bullies,’ Jessi isn’t exactly a sweet little girl in all this. She’s an attention seeker – she deliberatly made a huge show of herself online, acted like an idiot, and just tried desperatly to get people to pay attention to her. Well, it worked. Just remember that she was making death threats before she was recieving them.
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That depends what you mean by ’safe.’
It is impossible to use the internet without, eventually, seeing something pornographic and/of disgusting. There are plenty of trolls who like to post it in random forums just as a prank. Right now there is a debate going on at xxxchurch on the subject of why classical art is never thought of as porn, and some very graphic classics are being discussed. Even with a filter, no filter can be perfect. So, if your definition of ’safe’ is safe from seeing porn, then that is a standard that can never be met.
What education can do is prepare someone to expect to find porn from time to time, and accept it as just a fact of life on the internet. The correct response is to simply ignore it.
Much the same goes for this ‘cyberbullying.’ There’s an old cliche bit of advise about real-world bullies that says they will stop if ignored. In the real world, it doesn’t work: Ignore a bully and they will eventually give up, but not before trying harder to draw a response. Online, it works perfectly. The worst they can do is send insults and be annoying, and anyone who can’t take some insults has no business being on the internet. Debates in political forums often end with someone being called a nazi.
The mistake of simply filtering is to demand a sanitized, child-safe internet. That cannot be done. It goes against the very nature of the internet. You can’t give them a childrens’ internet, so just prepare them to deal with the adult one instead – with it’s trolls, spam, viruses and randomly appearing porn.
I agree that parents must parent! RESTRICT your kids Internet access or don’t have it….and keep up to date via a strong filter.
Hi.
My son recently purchased an Ipad. I have an account with you. How do I download the protection in the I pad ?
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