Cyber+Safety

What Facebook Does to Teenage Girls
New research from the Girl Scouts says yes -- 56 percent report feeling closer and more connected to friends. The study also covers gossip, bullying and self-image giving what feels like a fuller picture of socializing online. read more on this

Do you think socializing online is safe? Or how do you think it could be safer?
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Is There Life After Facebook?
Joshua Levy, the online campaign manager at Free Press, a nonprofit organization focused on media reform, said that the constant changes to Facebook’s privacy settings have pushed him toward leaving. Similarly, he said, he recently gave up his iPhone, a protest against Apple’s closed software policies.

Is Facebook is loosing cred? Where do you stand? Is Facebook's inconsistent privacy policies pushing users away? Or are we just stuck since an alternative has yet to exist?
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Survey: Sexual Harassment of Teens on Net
U.S. girls aged 13 to 18 were surveyed. Thirty percent of them said they've been sexually harassed in a chat room, Wired News reports, adding that the harassment included unsolicited pictures, demands for personal details, and requests for "cyber sex."

Are teens prey online? How can you keep others from soliciting and harassing you online?
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Internet Safety: How safe are you when no one is looking?
"While the advent of technology has given our children many opportunities to learn and access information at a moment's notice, dangers on the Internet pose a significant risk to the health and safety of our young people," Washington (State Rep. Eddie Washington, D-Waukegan) said. "Without informational seminars like this, people may never think of the dangers that are present until it is too late." Lake County News-Sun, a member of the Sun-Times Media, Chicago, Ill.

=== Teachers take classes on how to keep students safe on the internet, parents purchase software and place computers where they can see them while their kids are on the internet. How do you stay safe on the internet? === [|Join the discussion]

Somebody Hacked My Account?!?
Scam artists, bullies and predators are all waiting for you to make the wrong move like giving out personal information, posting a picture of yourself or allowing someone to say mean things about you on a site.

Do you think you are safe on the internet? Where do you go and what do you post on the internet? Have you ever had your personal information hacked or used against you?
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