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A USA Today article – and its subject matter – is sparking a bit of heated debate. Basically, Congress is considering a bill that would bar children who use computers in public libraries from accessing Facebook and other social networking websites without parental permission.
Of course, all the nuts are coming out of the woodwork to [...]

I skipped last week’s weekly round-up of Internet predators due to an abnormal/busy schedule. So this week, we make up for it with 13 new faces to welcome to the world of wacky Internet predators! Here’s a synopsis; full articles are below.

5 registered sex offenders are picked up in Texas for logging on to MySpace
2 western [...]

Gino Cosme’s blog called my attention to this (big ups my man!). The National Crime Prevention Council partnered with Sony Creative Software and the Ad Council to create “Delete Cyberbullying,” a public advertising campaign aimed at preventing cyberbullying. Part of this overall campaign was Cyberbullying PSA Development Contest.
Visit the NCPC’s Delete Cyberbullying page for more [...]

The Herald reports on a survey that shows that 28% of 11-18 year olds have visited an adult site and 11% have had a sexually explicit chat online. Not that staggering when you consider the accessibility and the drive of your average teen.
But it’s still something to recognize. And it’s a reminder that parents need [...]

The long awaited Cox Communications National Summit on Internet Safety happened this week. There was lots of news about it. Cox Communications and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) held the third annual summit in Washington D.C. Children’s advocate John Walsh and Lauren Nelson, Miss America 2007 joined and presented findings.
The findings [...]

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Last Thursday, Oprah repeated a story on Justin Berry. The original airdate was Feb 2006, but this rebroadcast was the first time I had seen or heard of this story. Thus, it’s worth discussing here…
Justin was an average 13-year-old honor student. One day, as the Internet was still blossoming, his friend brought over a webcam. [...]

Last year, the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health ranked Internet Safety as the 7th most important thing to parents. I did a blog post here; and here is a quick recap of the Top 10:

Smoking
Drug abuse
Childhood obesity
Alcohol abuse
Motor vehicle accidents
Teen pregnancy
Internet safety
School violence
Sexually transmitted infections
Abuse and neglect

This year’s [...]

So, after I posted yesterday, I got headlines of FIVE more predator stories. Usually, if stuff comes in after I post, I hold it until the following week. But this was just too many to hold on to… AND, the last one is probably my all time favorite; file it under the “I couldn’t make [...]

THREE POSTS IN ONE DAY! Wow… breaking records here at the PC Pandora blog.
OK, so here is the weekly round-up. While these are all somewhat different cases of “Internet predators” they remain clear cut examples of the ridiculous filth that use the internet for sick intent… and the teens who consent.

In Iowa a 26-year-old meets [...]