Archive for July, 2007

PC Pandora Announces SAFE SCHOOLS Program!!

Monday, July 30th, 2007

I am very excited to finally announce this, as I’ve been working on it for a few weeks now. The gist is thus: if you are a school entity (district or private school), we want to give you FREE copies of PC Pandora to help keep your kids safe at school. There are no strings [...]

Miss America, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and GoDaddy.com testify at Senate Hearing

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Here’s a pretty big story in our little world of online safety. A senate hearing was held on Tuesday where the current reigning Miss America, Lauren Nelson (who has pledged her tenure to fighting online predators), the president and CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and a top GoDaddy.com executive all [...]

Twiggs County GA Rustles Up Some Potential Online Predators

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Of course, just a day after i made a post about the slow news summer, this comes across my desk…
WGXA/FOX 24 has reported the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office teamed with the famous Perverted Justice organization and arrested 7 men intending to have sex with “children” they met online.
Perverted Justice used their incredibly effective tactic [...]

It’s Official: The Dog Days of Summer are Here!

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Summer is slow for Internet safety news. So, before the weekend arrives, I’m going to give you a look at what we have planned for back-to-school time!
I briefly mentioned in a previous blog some of our plans for fall. I am waist deep in research right now… our plan is to offer FREE copies of [...]

Bill Proposed to Shield Kids From Online Predators

Monday, July 9th, 2007

This story came across my desk last week from a number of different NY State media outlets… One of the most complete stories is here: WGRZ.com, Posted by Jerry Gasser, News Operations Manager.
Congressman Tom Reynolds (R-NY) is working on what he calls “The Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007.” Coming at the national level, the [...]

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

I came across this excellent online video today. It’s about an hour long, but well worth it.
“Keeping Kids Cyber Safe: A Family’s Guide to Internet Protection” was produced by the Sacramento County Office of Education in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Sacramento Valley High [...]