Pandora’s Blog

My favorite type of posts/stories. This goes out to all the skeptics out there that think there aren’t really any bad guys trolling the net for kids…
I’ve pasted the article from the local Morning Call below, but in addition, you should check out the video story (live footage of the dirtbags!) at WFMZ-TV’s website: Internet [...]

The big news at the end of last week was Facebook’s agreement/pact with 49 states and the District of Columbia to add (more than 40) new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies.
This may sound familiar, as it is the same type of agreement that MySpace made with the same state officials [...]

I am sure this is slowly happening around the country, but I would like to point out this one school that made local headlines for taking the aggressive step of addressing cyberbullying on the books (or “in” them, rather) in black & white.
The story is posted below from Nola.com. But before you scroll and read, [...]

This story is headlined as being the “Psychology of Computer Predators.” It’s not so much an analysis of the mentality of these sickos, as it is a brilliant recap of the handful of predators that have been arrested on the pacific islands so far this year!
I hope parents in Hawaii are using monitoring software like PC Pandora [...]

A prime reason why monitoring Internet activity of your teens is vital: it may not be the slimeballs you have to be careful of, but rather your teens own naiveté, immaturity and promiscuity.

Last week, Metro police in Vegas busted two sexual predators. An uplifting note to these busts is that citizens helped turn them in. The story is pasted below – Please click the link for mugshots of the dirtbags and the video component to the story (which is very well produced).
Police Warn Parents of Online Sexual [...]

Now, I don’t have the details on how long she was online or specifically on MySpace, but for such a young mother to be that preoccupied with the Internet (MySpace or not) is an issue. Forget about the predators and cyber-bullying, what about simple addiction to social networking? Thankfully, the little girl is all right…
Police: [...]

In Southern Florida (Hollywood, to be exact), a 32-year old Ansen Brown met a 15-year old girl from California on MySpace (gee, there’s a shocker). He claimed to be a music producer and told the girl he could jump-start her career; he told her they would write songs together.
That’s all it took. Brown then bought [...]