10 June, 2011
Hands up if you use the same password across multiple websites and for multiple services? Hands up if you have ever clicked on an email from someone that you do not know as you thought it was intriguing or you were mislead into believing that you kn...
03 June, 2011
2 years ago the Telegraph published some findings by the charity Personal Finance Education Group (PFEG) which found that the average UK child gets their first mobile phone at age 8 and also that 75% of 7 – 15 year olds own at least one mobile phone...
25 May, 2011
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a meeting last week that he wishes to reduce the minimum age limit for users on Facebook from 13 years to 10 years of age. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) currently legislates that websi...
03 May, 2011
Mobile and internet technology has developed so quickly over the past few years that it has altered how we communicate and the frequency with which we communicate to others. In most cases this is reassuring and helpful. We can keep in touch with our...
28 April, 2011
As a single website Facebook has had an incredible impact on how people use the internet. It is a site that has fitted very well with the social nature of people and really helped them to connect and communicate much more effectively than ever befor...
18 April, 2011
The internet is a fantastic resource that supports us in finding information on pretty much anything that you can imagine. The easiest and quickest way to find information on the internet is of course through the use of a search engine such as Googl...
03 April, 2011
The title of this post is a rhetorical question really; as humans we will not always achieve what we set out to achieve however hard we try. I have a young son who has just started primary school, he is getting to the stage where he understands how ...
04 November, 2010
ALL PARENTS WANT TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN from the dangers of the internet. If you are worried about how to keep them safe when online, then a new product CYBERminder™ will be of great interest. Now being launched at the Jersey Evening Post Home Li...
02 September, 2010
A recent study from researchers in Israel shows that poor sleep patterns are related to the over use of electronic media and daytime sleep-related problems. Researches surveyed 470 Israeli 8th and 9th graders. On average, these teens spent three hou...
02 September, 2010
New research by the Cyber-bullying Research Center at Florida Atlantic University suggests that female teenagers are noticeably more likely to engage in cyberbullying than their male counterparts. Of the 2,000 middle schoolers surveyed, teen girls w...
02 September, 2010
This week, the famous hip-hop artist, 50 Cent, used his Twitter account to threaten murder, show pornographic images, and post messages full of racist, vulgar and defamatory language. All of his angry antics were viewed by his 3 million + followers,...
01 September, 2010
WebUser magazine is giving a way 5 CYBERminder™ packs in their latest competition. CYBERminder™ is a unique system that enables parents to keep children safe when they are using the Internet and ensure that their kids are safe online. Keeping childr...
01 September, 2010
According to a recent study by the creators of an application called textPlus, 43% of teenagers use their cell phones to text during class. Many kids hide their cell phones under their desks, in pockets, or in their backpacks to avoid getting caught...
26 August, 2010
Should you "spy" on your children’s Internet activity especially when you have teenagers? The jury is out and it really is down to the parent to decide what they feel works best for them and their children. If you do wish to watch what you children ...
26 August, 2010
The new Google service unveiled on Wednesday enables U.S. users of Google's Gmail service to make calls from microphone-equipped computers to telephones virtually anywhere in the world. The new service works in a very similar way to Skype and parent...
25 August, 2010
Is your child really friends with everybody linked to their Facebook profile page? It is possible that somebody is mildly cyberstalking your child, and it could turn serious if not addressed. Here are some quick tips to help your child prevent unwan...
25 August, 2010
“I-Dosing” is the latest internet trend that gets teens “digitally high” by listening to audio files that they download from the Internet. Videos of teens in extreme distress while using these “digital drugs” are popping up all over YouTube , some r...
25 August, 2010
Knowing how to work and play safely with GPS-based sites such as FourSquare is paramount. They are gaining in popularity and can pose security risks to unwitting users. These sites are member based and involve frequent “check-ins” from members via a...
25 August, 2010
Responding to early criticism about the privacy settings of its new location-based service Places, Facebook takes pains to point out the various ways that people can control their information.
21 August, 2010
Online games are wildly popular, deeply immersive, and a whole lot of fun. Players are encouraged to abandon their realities and explore a virtual world on their own, or among a group of online friends. Parents, however, need to be alert. Online gam...
20 August, 2010
The latest top malware searches came out this week. The leader is Cameron Diaz followed by Julia Roberts, Jessica Biel, and etc. When users go to Google, Bing, or Yahoo and type these people into the search engine they have a high rate of being redi...
19 August, 2010
US Federal Authorities have made it official: online cases of sexual extortion or sexual exploitation of teenagers are mounting. It starts with a teen who takes a nude photograph of him/herself. At first glance, it seems harmless. They send the phot...
19 August, 2010
Facebook Places, which will launch in the US only at first, will allow users to 'check in' at a location Facebook risks a privacy backlash today when it launches a feature that automatically shares information on the location of users with their onl...
17 August, 2010
Formerly known as the British Educational and Communications Technology Association, the quango was established in 1988 to promote better use of IT in education. Becta ran Home Access, the former Labour government's scheme to bridge the "digital div...
15 August, 2010
According to mobile marketing research by Harris Interactive they say that the group most interested in being sent mobile advertising is parents with children. They are said to be interested in receiving opt-in alerts from brands, and are also more ...
14 August, 2010
Last month, the U.K.-based Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) launched a so-called " panic button " on Facebook. The organization intended to make it easier for Facebook's younger users to report cyberbullying, hacking attempts, ...
23 July, 2010
In an article recently published in the British Medical Journal , Dr Russell Viner and colleagues from the Institute of Child Health at University College warned that parents could face being put on a child protection register for child neglect wher...
21 July, 2010
If you needed an illustration of why sites like Facebook, an unmoderated forum where anything goes, can be unsuitable even for the teenagers who are officially permitted to take part (let alone the under-13s who lie about their age to create account...
12 July, 2010
After much procrastination Facebook has agreed to link to CEOP the national police agency responsible for child protection. They have rejected CEOP's original request for a universal panic button and instead created an application that also lists ad...
18 June, 2010
American blog Online MBA has created a graphic showing the scale of the adult content industry on-line. Worringly they claim that there are 116,000 searches for "child pornography" every day.
06 June, 2010
A study has revealed that a third of children have watched online pornography by the time they reach ten years of age. Experts warn that such exposure can lead to an increased likelihood of committing sex-crimes and can cause problems with romantic ...
27 May, 2010
There is a tangible link between exposure to pornography and explicit images and the incidence of children committing sex-crimes, according to Michele Elliott, psychologist and founder of the charity Kidscape, which aims to increase the safety of ch...
30 March, 2010
According to the latest research the United Kingdom is leading the way in Internet safety for children . Professor Tanya Byron today confirmed the UK as the world leader in child internet safety but advised that Government and Industry need to make ...