Do you lock your doors at night? Do you buckle up when you get into a car? Do you look both ways before you cross the street? Do you avoid talking to strangers? If you said "yes" to any of these, then you are like most people in that you care about your personal safety. There are probably even more safety….read more

Do you know if, and how often, your kids communicate with their friends using social networks? According to study results released last week from AVG, about half of kids as young as six- to nine-years-old regularly talk to their friends online and use social networks. However, 58% of parents surveyed admitted….read more

After all of the drama and speculation of last week, Rep. Anthony Weiner finally admitted yesterday to sending inappropriate photos to various women online. If you haven't been able to follow everything that's been going on with this New York Democrat, a tweet was sent over a week ago from Weiner's….read more

The latest "kids only" social network to check out is What's What?, which is part of the growing category of social networks available to kids under the age of 13. Facebook and some other social networks, in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), technically don't allow kids under 13 on….read more

While still in the very early stages of development, children's online education and entertainment site Smart Kids Group, Inc. has plans to develop their own social network for kids. A growing online trend, "kids only" social networks like imbee, Everloop, and now Smart Kids are all being created to give kids more positive and….read more

SocialShield had the opportunity to attend the 2011 National Strategy Conference on Combating Child Exploitation over the past few days. The conference was held in San Jose, CA and the theme was "Partners in Protection and Prevention." This theme represents the collaboration between the Project Safe Childhood and Internet Crimes Against….read more

Making news this week is California's potential bill that would force social networks like Facebook to let parents access their child's account(s) and require privacy settings to be set at the highest level by default. Proposed by Senator Ellen Corbett, the "Social Networking Privacy Act" or SB 242 was initially introduced in February and is now on its….read more

Being the leader of a company that helps parents keep their kids safe online is important to me, as I have kids of my own who are very active on social networks. All of my concerns about my kids' online activities became a little more real after recently telling my daughter about my new job. When I explained to her….read more

We're happy to announce that George Garrick joined SocialShield this week as our new CEO. George has led other successful tech companies including TapJoy, Jingle Networks, Wine.com, PlaceWare and Flycast Communications. We sat down with our new CEO and father of three teenagers to hear his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities that technology presents to parents in….read more

A few recent news stories may have parents reconsidering the importance of monitoring their kids online, if they don't already do so. Online chats and Facebook posts have provided recent evidence to crimes that teens then committed immediately following those online activities. And while not every post or status update foreshadows illegal activities or arrests, it's crucial for parents to….read more