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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

FYI: This is our sister software, which can be used nicely in conjunction with PC Pandora… Leading data recovery tool now recovers from both NTFS and FAT formatted drives and remains free to all… New York, NY (PRWEB) July 23, 2008 — The Greek word “Pandora” comes from the words pan “all” + doran “gift.” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

James Leasure, Co-founder of Pandora Corp, makers of PC Pandora monitoring software, looks at the issue that affects one-third of our children: cyberbullying; discusses what parents can do to stop the problem. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 16, 2008 — While reports and stories in the media focusing on Internet predators have become all too [...]

Even though the research data is from 3-8 years ago, it shows a huge problem here in the states and emphasizes the use and impact of the Internet on the current youth population. Cyberbullying is a huge threat to our kids and our society. This isn’t just a schoolyard bully throwing a few punches and [...]

Here’s a headline from over the weekend… The Canadian Teachers’ Federation has voted unanimously to ratify their policy on cyberbullying, saying that the issue is seriously out of control. It kind of is here in the states as well. In fact, it is the new epidemic – by far. While lots of it can be [...]

Giving credit where credit’s due… this story is left over from last week. Kansas Attorney General Stephen Six has unveiled www.NetSafeKansas.com, a new Internet safety Web site that hopes to educate children, teens, parents and others about threats they face online. Each section is age appropriate. Obviously it’s a work in progress, as the site [...]

Normally, I’d save these till Wednesday to go with the predator round-up, but I wanted to give this story a special page to illustrate to parents that if you think you know what your teens are doing – trust me, you don’t. It’s not the 30-something-year-old predators you need to be worried of, it’s your [...]

This is no doubt the new epidemic. Unfortunately, the participants don’t know just how serious their crimes are. They are too young to understand a world outside of the Internet, and how the virtual world can have damaging results in the real one. It’s important that parents monitor child Internet use not just for the [...]

A double-shot today!! More reasons for parents to use software like PC Pandora to monitor their child’s Internet activity. It will take the guesswork out of 21st century parenting and allow you to be a more efficient and proactive parent. Here are the 2 stories with links: Police identify man charged in Internet sex sting [...]

Here’s another week’s worth of arrests and sentencings. In Honolulu, a 38-year old perv gets 10 years in prison for trying to solicit a 13-year-old girl online. In Puerto Rico, – our Latin cousins – a 43-year old scumbag was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for trying to solicit a 13-year-old girl online. [...]

There is an awesome story from the Telegraph in London that focuses on one psychiatrist’s notion that the current Internet generation of teens is in danger of not being able to form real life relationships and are at an increased risk of behaving impulsively. It goes back to a joke I’ve made several times about [...]

Co-Founder of PC Pandora monitoring software looks at the bad stigma associated with monitoring computer activity and why it is an essential part of parenting in the Internet age. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 3, 2008 — Online safety is a top family priority and concern today. And although parents seem to get the message [...]