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Here you'll find highlights of the latest articles on Internet safety worth reading——laws, products (and potential risks), research, predatory methods, and so on—along with my take on what's important in these stories. If you see something in the news you think I should know about, send it to AskLinda@look-both-ways.com . (Don’t forget to send a link to the source article.)

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More, serious child abuse found on the Web

20 Apr 2007 Summary According to the latest annual report of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the U.S. hosts 62% of the child pornography commercially distributed online. The report also discloses a trend toward depicting ever younger child victims

Posted Friday, April 20, 2007 4:12 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under Blogging Safety, Protecting Kids, Social Networking, Consumer Rights

Instant Messages, Lingering Paper Trail

12 Oct 2006 Summary As the recent case with Republican Mark Foley shows, text messages (instant messages on computer or cell phone) can be saved, stored, forwarded and exposed. It’s important to understand that even the most basic of the free instant

Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:46 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under Blogging Safety

MySpace, Facebook Virus Risks

Social networking poses download hazards 12 Oct 2006 Summary People who are ordinarily Internet savvy enough to avoid identify theft, scams, and other nasty online problems are dropping their guard when they use social networking sites such as MySpace

Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:37 PM by Linda Criddle | 3 Comments

Filed under Blogging Safety

Principal sues students over MySpace pictures

22 Sept 2006 Summary Students in San Antonio, Texas are accused of creating a fake Myspace site to spread malicious rumors about their school’s assistant principal. The harassment appears to be in retaliation for disciplinary action she took against the

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:10 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under Blogging Safety

Facebook adds privacy option after new features draw backlash

8 Sept 2006 Summary The social networking site, Facebook, is adding new privacy options as the result of complaints about two new features—"news feed" and "mini-feed." These features were used to publish changes in friends’ spaces such as adding new friends

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:59 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under Blogging Safety