Keeping Children Safe online
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Children present unique security risks when they use a computer connected to the internet. By taking some simple steps, you can dramatically reduce the threats. The best step you can take to your kids safe keep them away from Social Media as long as you can.
Many people fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots. |
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“Before your child enters the online world, he should be consistently demonstrating the admirable character traits you’re striving to cultivate—such as kindness, restraint, tolerance, inclusiveness—because they will get tested.”--Letting Go With Love and Confidence, by Kenneth Ginsburg and Susan FitzGerald.
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News reports and experts tell us that the Internet is a haven for cyberbullies, sexual predators, and identity thieves. If you are a concerned parent you have for good reason to be concerned: Your teenager is often online and seems oblivious to the dangers. It's better to keep them away until they are ready let us help you see why. - more info |
Definitive numbers regarding the exact number of child victims of sex trafficking in the United States remain unknown. However, it is estimated that 300,000 Americans younger than 18 are lured into the commercial sex trade every year, according to the Ark of Hope for Children, a national nonprofit social network for abused children. - learn more |
Children Safety and Social Media Resources
Exploring the hidden dangers of Social Media
Social Media and the growth of Child Trafficking
News and Updates Social Media and Children Protection
Children are seeing or sharing of violent, sexual and pornographic content - Inaccurate or false information and extreme views - Promotion of harmful behaviors including self-harm, anorexia and suicide violence and racism - Over-sharing of personal information - Actively or unintentionally getting involved in bullying or hurtful behavior.
The effects on our Children and Society
Getting upset and depressed by things they have seen and being uncertain about what to do. Engaging, or being pressured into engaging in more risky behavior either by accident or by design. Developing unrealistic, and perhaps depressing ideals of body image and gender. Becoming subject to peer pressure or interactions that are intense or too difficult to handle. Creating an online reputation that may create problems for them in the future.
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If you stumble across criminal sexual or obscene content on the internet you should report it to the Internet Watch Foundation: https://iwf.org.uk
Many people have decided to get off Facebook and other plateforms, due to the events with Cambridge Analytica, and, more recently, their "friendly fraud" scandal.
Good Books to Read:
Move Fast and Break Things - Move Fast and Break Things" is the most important book yet about the tragic consequences of monopoly power in the internet. Google, Facebook and Amazon have done wonderful things, but by a combination of design and unintended consequences, they have caused great harm to the creative arts, our culture and (in the case of Google and Facebook) our politics.
Being an IT specialist, who deleted Facebook for feeling anti-socialized, this book hit home on a lot of my beliefs and gut feelings. GREAT book:
Zucked - Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe - The story of how a noted tech venture capitalist, an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in his company, woke up to the serious damage Facebook was doing to our society and set out to try to stop it.
The Four - The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google - Scott Galloway, professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, and longtime entrepreneur, looks at these "four horsemen," as he calls them, in his book The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. In his book, he highlights many of the negative aspects of their business models, and their effects on society.
Site Created on: April 6th 2018 - Silicon Valley once promised its digital revolution would bring people together and topple dictators. The total opposite has accrued. From privacy violations to flawed business models to a lack of diversity and representation, Silicon Valley has seemingly betrayed its idealism.
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Last updated on: Feb 23rd 2021
Social Media and the growth of Child Trafficking
News and Updates Social Media and Children Protection
Children are seeing or sharing of violent, sexual and pornographic content - Inaccurate or false information and extreme views - Promotion of harmful behaviors including self-harm, anorexia and suicide violence and racism - Over-sharing of personal information - Actively or unintentionally getting involved in bullying or hurtful behavior.
The effects on our Children and Society
Getting upset and depressed by things they have seen and being uncertain about what to do. Engaging, or being pressured into engaging in more risky behavior either by accident or by design. Developing unrealistic, and perhaps depressing ideals of body image and gender. Becoming subject to peer pressure or interactions that are intense or too difficult to handle. Creating an online reputation that may create problems for them in the future.
Learn more: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
If you stumble across criminal sexual or obscene content on the internet you should report it to the Internet Watch Foundation: https://iwf.org.uk
Many people have decided to get off Facebook and other plateforms, due to the events with Cambridge Analytica, and, more recently, their "friendly fraud" scandal.
Good Books to Read:
Move Fast and Break Things - Move Fast and Break Things" is the most important book yet about the tragic consequences of monopoly power in the internet. Google, Facebook and Amazon have done wonderful things, but by a combination of design and unintended consequences, they have caused great harm to the creative arts, our culture and (in the case of Google and Facebook) our politics.
Being an IT specialist, who deleted Facebook for feeling anti-socialized, this book hit home on a lot of my beliefs and gut feelings. GREAT book:
Zucked - Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe - The story of how a noted tech venture capitalist, an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in his company, woke up to the serious damage Facebook was doing to our society and set out to try to stop it.
The Four - The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google - Scott Galloway, professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, and longtime entrepreneur, looks at these "four horsemen," as he calls them, in his book The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. In his book, he highlights many of the negative aspects of their business models, and their effects on society.
Site Created on: April 6th 2018 - Silicon Valley once promised its digital revolution would bring people together and topple dictators. The total opposite has accrued. From privacy violations to flawed business models to a lack of diversity and representation, Silicon Valley has seemingly betrayed its idealism.
Have a link you think should be on our site? >>> Contact Us
Last updated on: Feb 23rd 2021