Posts Tagged ‘safety’
Service Provides Instant Crime Alerts When They Occur In Your Area
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
“Who Is Your Teen Friending On Facebook?” Free Application Helps Parents Monitor Pages
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
If your child is on Facebook and other social networking sites, you may want to check out a free parental control that monitors what they are doing.
GoGoStat is an application you can use right inside your own Facebook. Have you seen those Geico commercials, “It’s so easy a caveman can do it”? Seriously, this application really is that easy.
You will receive notifications if your child posts foul language, vulgarities, anything pertaining to drugs and cyber-bullying, sexual or otherwise unsafe activity. You will also receive notifications if your child is posting embarrassing or personal information about themselves or their families, and when they are connected to a new “friend.” The Parental Guidance will show you an in-depth chart on the age, location and information about the new friend.
GoGoStat also allows parents to print out up to the minute information about their child if they go missing. You will be able to pass over the latest photos, messages to friends, status updates and anything else your child was doing online before they vanished.
National Center For Missing and Exploited Children’s New Internet Program
Monday, August 1st, 2011
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) says 73% of teens between the ages of 12 to 17 have social networking profiles and around 86% of teens comment on the pages and walls of their friends. A new game launched by NCMEC called, “Tad’s Profile Panic” is a way to educate children before they reach their teen years of safe practices on social networking sites. Tad’s Profile Panic targets children between the ages of 8 and 12 and players are able to teach Tad clean up his profile by collecting the information that should be kept private.
“Today, children rely more on the Internet than ever before in history. The majority of households today have at least one computer, and we know that most teens access the Internet from multiple locations,” said Ernie Allen, president and CEO of NCMEC.
Tad’s Profile Panic was created by the NSTeens.org and is an extension of the popular NetSmartz workshop program.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: NSTeens for Tweens
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
1 in 7 kids are solicited for sex online. This alarming statistic was recently released from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The survey says 1 in 33 kids receive aggressive online solicitations to meet in person and 34% of kids say they’ve had communication with people they don’t know. NCMEC maintains a proactive approach to protect children and teens and now they have two brand new items for children between the ages of 8 and 12. The NSTeen site now has animated video and educational games for children in this age range. “Cyberbully Zombies Attack” and “Mike-tosis” both target information about technology, safety and cyber bullying prevention. Although these sites are for “tweens,” parents and teachers are encouraged to log on and educate themselves on the dangers lurking online for kids. The content is available in English and in Spanish. NSTeen is an entity of the main hub of NetSmartz.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says its CyberTipline has handled more than 903,240 calls of child sexual exploitation. According to a press release on their site, the Child Victim Identification Program has reviewed and analyzed more than 34 million pornographic images.
WEBCRIME ALERT: Service Provides Instant Crime Alerts When They Occur In Your Area
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011NETSMARTZ: Unique Safety Resources For Parents and Children
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
NetSmartz is a unique resource provided by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The safety approach this program offers is one-of-a-kind. The goal of the NetSmartz program is to team up with law enforcement, educators and parents to educate the safest practices on the web.
NetSmartz411 is a page specifically designed for parents. You can send detailed questions to experts, and get all the answers needed about the newest lingo used by kids or technology. You can even call 1-888-NETS411 and ask an expert a question over the phone. Parents and teachers, this resource is FREE and it is something you can actively be involved with. If you take the time to learn the latest trends of the virtual like gaming, social networking, sexting, video sharing, photo sharing and blogging it may prevent a potentially negative situation in your child’s life.
If you have questions, or need more resources, please visit the RESOURCE section of this site or if you have a specific question you would like to ask, please visit the ASKMICHELLE section.
By: Michelle Sigona
CYBERTIPLINE: Report Child Pornography to The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Friday, May 13th, 2011
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, people who have legitimate access to children are some of the 
same individuals who are producing child pornography. It is a federal crime to have child porn in your possession. The Cyber Tipline was created to report these types of crimes against children. You can call the tip center with information on people who manufacture, distribute or have child pornography in their possession or if you receive images in your e-mail.
If you know of children who are being recruited for these disgusting acts, please report that to the tip line as well.
It is also a federal crime to send obscene material to any child under the age of 16. Take a look at the helpful information under the Cyber Tipline to understand more about protecting the youth.
SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLINE: Resource Site For Parents and Teens
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
GOGO STAT: Free Safety Application Helps You Monitor Your Child’s Facebook
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
If your child is on Facebook and other social networking sites, you may want to check out a free parental control that monitors what they are doing.
GoGoStat is an application you can use right inside your own Facebook. Have you seen those Geico commercials, “It’s so easy a caveman can do it!”? Seriously, this application really is that easy.
You will receive notifications if your child posts foul language, vulgarities, anything pertaining to drugs and cyber-bullying, sexual or otherwise unsafe activity. You will also receive notifications if your child is posting embarrassing or personal information about themselves or their families, and when they are connected to a new “friend.” The Parental Guidance will show you an in-depth chart on the age, location and information about the new friend.
GoGoStat also allows parents to print out up to the minute information about their child if they go missing. You will be able to pass over the latest photos, messages to friends, status updates and anything else your child was doing online before they vanished.
FBI: Pediatrician Still Wanted For Allegedly Distributing Child Pornography
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Dr. Emilio Luna (wanted by FBI)
A disturbing case continues to be on the hearts and minds of parents in Phoenix, Arizona. The FBI is on the hunt for a pediatrician who is accused of distributing child pornography. Dr. Emilio Luna, 40, was arrested in September when a federal grand jury brought down a five-count indictment against him.
According to the FBI’s website, “Dr. Luna, a Phoenix pediatrician, came to the attention of law enforcement when thousands of files from suspected child pornography were shared from his computer in a public peer-to-peer file sharing system. He was arrested on Wednesday, September 1 by federal agents. Following a detention hearing a few days later, he was released by order of the court, and is forbidden to have access to the Internet or children while under supervision of U.S. Pre-Trial Services.”
A few weeks after he was arrested agents say Luna cut off his ankle monitoring device and fled. He had permission to attend church services, and his car was found later that night abandoned in a Glendale, Arizona parking lot.
