Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their digital world.
Facebook has released a new Youth Portal that offers some guidance to teens on how to navigate the service, how to stay secure, while also helping them understand how their data is used. Read the article here.
There’s little doubt that mobile apps sometimes overstep their bounds by collecting more data from kids than the law allows. Read the article here.
Graham Dugoni, 31, started Yondr to remind people what it’s like to live phone-free. Read the article here.
A German regulator has banned domestic sales of children’s smartwatches that have a listening function — warning that parents have been using the devices to secretly eavesdrop on teachers at their kids’ school. Read the article here.
Devices—and their contents—are a new path to breakups. Read the report here.
A report from Common Sense Media that examines five pressing privacy developments related to kids, media and technology. Access the report here.
As parents, there are plenty of ways we can encourage them to make better decisions online, not to mention, IRL (in real life). Read the article here.
Children’s photos that parents have posted online have ended up in advertisements and on pornography sites.
Read the article from NPR here.
Speaking at a conference this week, FBI Director James Comey offered up a little security tip: cover your webcam. Read the article here.