Due to the holidays and closing out the year, this will be the last blog post of 2007. I wanted to leave everyone (anyone?) with a bunch of good links to check out … they are stories and blog posts from the last week.
Also, don’t forget to buy PC Pandora for your new family or child’s PCs. $50 is a small investment to make for monitoring software that could help protect your child from cyberbullying or worse – Internet predators…
The links:
Police: Sex Offender Befriended Teens On MySpace – This is a story that made some headlines from Nashville. A teen befriended a convicted sex offender who drove the teen and his friends around in he car while drunk. They met on MySpace.
Attorney General Lauds Law Enforcement Agent For Efforts To Fight The Exploitation Of Children Online – This is a good story for a change from Springfield IL about a homeland security agent honored for his efforts in keeping kids safe online.
Sex crimes bill passes in Senate – NY State Senate passed a bill that would make computer sex crimes a felony.
New Poll Finds That Parents Are Taking Proactive Steps To Keep Kids Safe And Smart On The Web – This is a press release about a poll released a couple months ago that shows parents ARE in fact talking to heir kids about the dangers online and web ethics.
There are three different articles on New Hampshire’s newly proposed legislation by Gov. John Lynch called the Online Child Safety Act: Gov. Lynch, Lawmakers, Attorney General, Law Enforcement Announce Online Child Safety Act (press release); NH Wants To Get Tougher On Sex Predators (article); Online Child Safety Act Announced in New Hampshire (news report)
Bullies Exploit Web – This is a very interesting look at Cyberbullying from the Star-Gazette in upstate NY.
Parents Advised Not To Ban Internet, Despite Risks – An excellent article that re-enforces the idea that banning the Internet is not the solution… education, discussion and monitoring is!
Read ‘em and soak in the knowledge… see you next year!!
p.s. Remember PC Pandora is on sale through the new year! You can get $10 off with the “holiday07” code at checkout.
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December 27th, 2007 at 6:48 PM
In my honest opinion,the declaration of sex crimes a felony is one of the biggest judgements this year!..