The Jessie Slaughter Mess

This story isn’t really worth rehashing further, and for those who don’t know, Jessie Slaughter is the latest cautionary tale about why kids shouldn’t have unlimited access to the Internet, especially social networks. Good Morning America provides a pretty neat summary.
The story isn’t interesting or new: maladjusted tween, absentee parents, and a virulent rash of [...]

Safe Eyes Recommended by LiveStrong.com

We’re very pleased that Safe Eyes is one of two parental control software products recommended by LiveStrong to protect children from pornography and other harmful content, as well keep parents informed of their kids’ online activities.

InternetSafety.com CTO Cited by Fox News

FoxNews is covered the debate raging around the .XXX domain designation in their Tech Tuesday blog. It’s a well-written article that covers all sides of the debate, and you can read it here.
Also, if anyone can tell me what 80’s movie has a speech closely resembling the opening paragraph of the article, I’ll give you [...]

.XXX Domain Approved, Program to be Voluntary

After years of debate, ICANN, the not-for-profit regulatory agency that issues domain suffixes, decided to go ahead with domains ending in .xxx for adult sites.
ICANN says the measure is intended to “provide a place online for adult entertainment providers and their service providers who want to be part of our voluntary self regulatory community.” They [...]

Reflections on the OSTWG Report on Online Safety

So I read (some of) the report recently compiled by the Online Safety Technology Working Group, which has been given the monumental task of evaluating all current online safety education, technology, crime prevention efforts, and record keeping.
The first thing I learned is that kids today need a lot more computers. It has to be [...]

CTO Aaron Kenny Weighs in on Geolocation Networks

 

@Coffy73 Has Won the iPad Twitter Contest!

Congratulations to Shanda Minter, aka Coffy73 on twitter, for winning the iPad! Despite only having 22 total retweets Shanda walked away from our twitter contest with a brand-new iPad!

Freedom From Porn: Win an iPad Protected by Safe Eyes Mobile!

To celebrate the new iPad version of its porn-blocking Safe Eyes Mobile browser, InternetSafety.com is holding a Twitter contest for a free 16GB Wi-Fi iPad. The winner will receive the iPad along with a link to download a free copy of Safe Eyes Mobile to the tablet, supporting Apple founder Steve Jobs’ recent statements that [...]

Safe Eyes Seen Through a Mom’s Eyes

Mommy Blogger Anne of AJD+Three recently reviewed Safe Eyes, our parental control software for Mac and PC.
You can read the entire review here.
While we love getting reviews from industry magazines, our greatest mission as a company is making parental control software that parents find effective and easy to use, and we’re pleased to have hit [...]

New Trend in Social Media: Misery for Profit

The social media world is one oft blinded with self-fulfilling optimism, such as the ridiculous belief that you could put together a network that encourages strangers to ask anonymous questions and not expect it to be abused.
Sites like Formspring.me need  a healthy dose of reality concerning human nature, and the creators should ask themselves whether providing a tool for [...]

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