Monthly Archives: November 2010

When You’re Too Drunk to Tweet…

November 11, 2010 at 6:25 pm   0 comments
They are problems that are becoming increasingly common. Late night tweets about having THE BEST NIGHT EVER, uploading regrettable pictures at 2AM, or posting an inappropriate - and/or incoherent - comment on someone's wall. Drunk Tweeting and Facebooking are the latest faux pas brought on by social networking that can seriously damage people's ….read more

Pedophiles Pop Up on Facebook

November 9, 2010 at 6:20 pm   1 comment
If you had searched "PTHC" on Facebook a few weeks ago, you would have found a public group directing users to child pornography. Why? PTHC stands for Pre-Teen Hard Core - one of the most common keywords that sexual predators use online. While the group has since been removed, a FoxNews.com report shows how child predators….read more

Showing Youth the Thin Line of Online Activity

November 8, 2010 at 10:15 pm   0 comments
Did you know that teens who sext were 4 times more likely to have considered suicide in the past year than non-sexters? Or that 29% of teens have had rumors spread about them online or via text? These, and other social networking statistics, are from MTV's "A Thin Line" - a campaign to educate….read more

Racism + Cyberbullying = Hater Day

November 5, 2010 at 6:32 pm   0 comments
Anyone can get bullied or harassed online - just ask basketball superstar Lebron James. James recently declared "Hater Day" in response to racist tweets people were posting on Twitter. Some of the most offensive tweets directed at him were: "u r a big nosed big lipped bug eyed (racial slur). ur greedy, ….read more

Could your kid be charged for child pornography?

November 4, 2010 at 9:37 pm   0 comments
Sexting is never appropriate, and now some jurisdictions have even made it illegal. In Pennsylvania, a group of teenagers now find themselves in a sexting scandal after three girls sent nude pictures of themselves to three boys. When the pictures were discovered, authorities charged the girls with manufacturing and distributing child pornography and the boys with possession of….read more

Cyber Security Gets Its Own Holiday

November 2, 2010 at 4:51 pm   0 comments
More and more cyber security issues arise every day as online activity grows. President Obama said it well: "The same technology that provides new opportunities…also makes possible new threats." That's why this past month was National Cyber Security Awareness Month, marking the 7th annual recognition of cyber security concerns. StaySafeOnline is the primary resource for Cyber Security….read more

Autotune The News Star Promotes Sex Offender App

November 1, 2010 at 6:02 pm   0 comments
Antoine Dodson, an online phenomenon, is now speaking out against violence and rape. Thanks to a YouTube video where he comments on the attempted rape of his sister - one version has over 17 million hits - Dodson became an unexpected voice against these crimes. Catchphrases like "run and tell that" and "hide your kids, hide your wife,….read more
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