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Highlights of the latest news,
laws, products and potential risks,
research, predatory methods and more

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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Debate on the link of child pornography to molesting

19 July 2007 Summary According to a new and controversial study conducted by psychologists at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, up to 85 percent of men convicted of downloading explicit sexual images of children from the Internet say they have also sexually
Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007 5:11 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

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Just The Facts About Online Youth Victimization: Researchers Present the Facts and Debunk Myths

May 3, 2007 Summary The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee convened a forum titled “Just the Facts about Online Youth Victimization” to help debunk common myths about internet risks to youth in this country. On the panel were four outstanding
Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 9:48 AM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

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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

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FTC fines Xanga for violating kids' privacy

7 Sept 2006 Summary $1 million penalty against social networking site is largest under 1998 law Xanga.com, a popular social networking site, was fined for allegedly allowing 1.7 million accounts to be created by children who indicated they were under
Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:57 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

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