Pandora’s Blog

Didn’t have much news to post over the last few days that was worth noting – but today I found a couple things…
Hailing from the Connecticut State government (courtesy of Jennifer Abel at the Hartford Advocate), looks at a new law that would require computer sex criminals to be monitored by the state for life. [...]

As much as I criticize and personally loathe MySpace and social networking, as a student of journalism, I try to be as objective as possible and will continue to report the on-goings of both sides of the coin. In this case, today I will applaud MySpace for (at least publicly) taking a step forward.  
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The number of lives tragically brought to an end with the word “MySpace” attached to their story has increased. This story from Arizona (Police: Teen Killed Dad For Banning MySpace) is the manifestation of a premise I have eluded to, but never thinking it could ever go this far: the current teenage generation’s mental and physical [...]

I was just about out of luck for today’s post (I am trying to do 1 per day) and I found this excellent blog: fraudarena… and more so, this excellent post that also questions the overall tone and validity of the recent study “debunking” predator myths. In fact, I liked what they had to say [...]

Amy Tiemann at cNet wrote on her blog about a New York Times article that surfaced last week by tech columnist David Pogue. How Dangerous Is the Internet for Children? (Pogue’s column) is a good look into and case against the media’s over-hyping of online threats. While I am not going to rush in and [...]

Please know that I don’t write these posts to be overly malicious. I’m not an old fuddy duddy… I’m not asking to ignore technology or smash your computer and run to a bunker or live in fear of a “Cybernet.” I post these to remind parents that these guys ARE out there, the threat IS [...]