Last week we proudly accepted an award for "Internet Safety Company of the Year" at the 2011 IMA Awards, hosted by the Internet Marketing Association. Our CEO, George Garrick, traveled to Las Vegas to accept the award and briefly address specific social networking dangers and what we are doing to try and help parents better protect their kids….read more 
Socialshield recently received two special Certificates of Congressional Recognition from both Republican US Congressman John Campbell as well as Democrat US Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez recognizing our "Outstanding Work in Improving Internet Safety for Children." We are proud of the role that our online monitoring service has played in making the extensive and often unknown world of social networking a safer….read more 
There has been a lot of recent controversy about issues with teachers communicating with their students through social media. Missouri has a new law that limits teachers' abilities to communicate with their students via social networks including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. The Amy Hestir Student Protection Act, which was a result of an Associated Press investigation,….read more 
If parents need any more proof that social networking is here to stay, they can just open up The Concise Oxford English Dictionary. Dictionary editors recently added 400 new words to the latest edition, including "retweet," "sexting" and "cyberbullying." The 12th edition of this time-honored publication clearly recognizes the impact that social media and technology have had on….read more 
A recent New York Times article highlighted the prevalence of social media use when it comes to the athletic recruitment process for college coaches and high school athletes. With the rise of social networks like Facebook and Twitter - and the subsequent easier access that coaches can have to student athletes - the NCAA has had to implement….read more 
Publishing platform and women's site BlogHer held a successful convention in San Diego this past weekend and one topic of discussion was online safety and privacy for kids. In the talk titled "The Tie that Binds Parent and Child," panelists Carrie Jacobsen, Catherine McManus and Jane Collins discussed how moms feel about technology's role in their own lives, as well….read more 
Many parents use the Internet regularly and have a good idea of what happens online. But most parents probably don't realize that the social web is entirely different from the web they are used to using. Instead of the simple search and retrieve model which can be easily monitored or filtered, the social networking world is all about deep networks….read more 
