We all do our part to promote Internet safety and awareness, but I don’t think anyone is doing more than these guys. At least not when measured in feet above sea level.
Mandy Homer and Gavin Lewis of Gloucestershire, UK, are planning on climbing the famed Mont Blanc in Switzerland in order to promote the Think [...]

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According to a survey by Retrevo, one in five iPhone users watch porn on their iPhone.
Twice as many iPhone users view porn than their Blackberry owning counterparts. I’m not sure if this is more a statement about the mentality of the iPhone user vs the Blackberry user, or about the capabilities of the two devices.
Retrevo [...]

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Does this picture remind you of any recent customer service experiences?
Globalization has claimed many casualties, and customer service is often among the dead or dying in global business. That’s why we have focused on customer service here at InternetSafety.com, and as part of that, our home office in Acworth, which houses all of our customer [...]

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Though the jury is still out on whether or not the Internet poses a legitimate “addiction” threat, this report does serve as a reminder to parents of children with these conditions that they need to be extra-vigilant about their child’s online activities.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics, that nation’s leading authority on children’s health, recently suggested that all parents use tracking software (another word for filtering software like Safe Eyes) to monitor their children’s online activity.
The article, Guidelines for making children’s online experience safer, recognizes dangers such as online predators, cyberbullying, and identity theft, and outlines several [...]

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The downturn in the economy has hit everyone hard, especially in rural areas like Russellville, Alabama.
Because of budget cuts, the local Russellville library almost had to stop offering Internet service to its patrons. The county mandated that the Internet connection be filtered, but there was no money in the budget to pay for the filters. [...]

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It’s not often that tales of Internet predators have inspiring conclusions, so when we ran across this story we thought we would share it.
The story starts out with the telltale mistake that leads to such situations: a young girl, alone in her bedroom at night, with a computer in her room, chatting in an AOL [...]

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Noted author and columnist Buzz McClain recently wrote 22 essential parenting tips for the Ft. Worth Star Telegram, and he made installing Safe Eyes his 22nd tip:
#22 Supervise their Internet use. You can block Web sites with inappropriate content on your home computer, but it seems to be a never-ending battle against a rising tide. [...]

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A recent report by indicates that social networking sites are the most blocked category of site by employers. That means more employers are blocking social networking than are blocking shopping and weapons sites.
This isn’t surprising given that employees spend roughly 20% of their time at work surfing the web for non-work-related activities, and those statistics [...]

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A recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health shows direct links between exposure to online pornography and increased sexual activity in teens, including a greater likelihood of high-risk sexual behavior.
The study out of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, conducted by Debra K. Braun-Corville, M.D., and Mary Rojas, Ph.D., surveyed youth between the ages [...]

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