April has been designated by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Emphasizing the prevalence of child sexual abuse, we're highlighting this national initiative in light of social networking activities and the ease with which kids and adults can be in contact. Cyberstalking and ….read more

The majority of recent cyberbullying incidents usually involve middle and high school-aged kids who don't yet understand certain consequences for their online actions. However, a college gossip site, similar to the Juicy Campus site shut down a few years ago, is now making news. CollegeACB.com is a website where users can anonymously post questions,….read more

Social networking is constantly changing and developing in ways that many parents can't always understand or keep up with. Therefore, it's important for parents to stay up-to-date on the online risks kids face, regardless of what the newest social networking or other online trend is. Social networking sites, for many teens and tweens, are the….read more

We first heard about teachers oversharing online back in February with the case of blogging teacher Natalie Munroe. We hoped that teachers everywhere would take a lesson from her controversial blog posts criticizing and making fun of her students, but two incidents involving teachers' Facebook activities are making the latest ….read more

If you didn't have motivation before to enforce strict privacy settings on your or your child's social networking profiles, here's a pretty convincing reason to do so. A new desktop app called "Creepy" asks for the Twitter or Flickr username of any given person then downloads every photo ever tweeted or uploaded….read more

Last week, popular kids network Nickelodeon announced a partnership with Common Sense Media to battle cyberbullying and other cybersafety issues. The initiative is part of Nickelodeon's The Big Help, a long-term effort to connect kids to important issues and information prevalent in their lives. Nickelodeon will feature on-air and online PSAs from different stars….read more