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STUDY: Kids Try To Access Social Networks Nearly Twice As Much As Porn Sites

David Cohen — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:10:16 +0000

Nearly twice as many attempts by kids to circumvent the parental controls of users of Kaspersky Lab’s products were aimed at Facebook and other social networks in May than at pornography sites, the Internet security firm reported.

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STUDY: Parents Have No Clue What Their Kids Are Doing On Facebook, Other Social Networks

David Cohen — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:41:24 +0000

Parents may think they know what their teenagers are doing online, but according to a study released Tuesday by McAfee, they are sorely mistaken.

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REPORT: Teens Still Use Facebook (And Can Master Privacy Settings)

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:26 +0000

Yes, teenagers use Facebook. And although whether or not they’ll be using Facebook in a few years remains to be seen, the site does have a considerable presence among high-school students. The Pew Research Center recently examined how teens use social media, finding that they don’t like drama and having their parents connected to them, but they stay on Facebook because it plays a key part in the social experience. However, Facebook’s youngest users tend to have no problem configuring privacy settings.

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Facebook Resources To Help Victims Of Oklahoma Tornado

David Cohen — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:07 +0000

Following the devastating tornado that ravaged Moore, Okla., Monday and resulted in several deaths, a Facebook user in nearby Shawnee launched a Facebook group, May 19th 2013 OK Tornado Doc & Picture Recovery, aimed at reuniting victims with their possessions that were blown all over the state.

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People Aren’t Stealing Your Facebook Photos: A Lesson In Privacy

Guest Writer — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:22 +0000

A new rumor has been sweeping Facebook — that people are stealing photos of users’ children and posting them to a page called “Infancy.” The status that I saw — which had been shared 600 times back then and more than 3,500 times at the time of writing — claimed that “loads of local kids” were shown, including the author’s own, and demanded the removal of the page. But here’s the deal: The page was automatically generated by Facebook, like this one about rock climbing or this one about food. In fact, above the photographs, it even said, “photos of my friends and infancy.”

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Child Safety Groups Take Aim At Instagram

David Cohen — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:46:38 +0000

Facebook-owned photo-sharing network Instagram is under fire from advocates for children’s safety, with more than 4,500 signatures having been collected on a petition on Change.org that calls for Instagram to make the default settings private for users aged 13 through 17, and not geotag- and geolocation-enabled.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Teen Safety On Facebook From The Point Of View Of Parents, Employers

David Cohen — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:40:50 +0000

There is no shortage of advice for younger users on Facebook, but if the same mistakes weren’t being made, the same type of advice wouldn’t be so valuable. The latest rendition comes from Mobistealth, which tailored its advice on the topic to parents and employers.

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MOTHER’S DAY: Facebook Examines Connections Between Moms, Kids

David Cohen — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:49:06 +0000

With Mother’s Day on the calendar this coming Sunday, Facebook examined the relationships between mothers and their children on the social network, finding that 13 percent of children planned to wish their moms a happy Mother’s Day on Facebook.

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SURVEY: Don’t Be Facebook Friends With Boss

David Cohen — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:31:10 +0000

Should you be friends with your boss on Facebook? Absolutely not, according to 81 percent of respondents to a survey conducted by question-and-answer site YouTell and opinion-based community SodaHead.

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10 Reasons Why Parents Of Preteens Should Deny Them Facebook Accounts

David Cohen — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:46:21 +0000

You must be at least 13 years old to join Facebook, but many kids bypass that rule, often with help from their parents. That may not be the best idea, according to blog Babysitting Jobs, which offered 10 reasons why parents should not let their preteen offspring have accounts on the social network.

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Facebook: A Family Affair

David Cohen — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:59:13 +0000

If your children are in their early to mid-20s, don’t hold your breath waiting for Facebook friend requests from them. That was just one nugget of information from the Facebook Data Science Team, which analyzed posts on the social network that were anonymized and processed automatically by users who identified themselves as parents or children to get a better sense of how families interact with each other on Facebook.

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Parents Can Monitor Kids’ Facebook Activity With SociallyActive

David Cohen — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:52:58 +0000

Attention, kids on Facebook: Big Brother may be watching your activity on the social network. If your parents are concerned enough to pay for its service, Big Brother comes in the form of SociallyActive.

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Facebook Touts Launch Of A Platform For Good

David Cohen — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:58:07 +0000

A Platform for Good, a new online resource from the Family Online Safety Institute aimed at parents, teachers, and teens, launched Wednesday after being initially announced in February, and FOSI member Facebook plugged the launch in a note on the Facebook Safety page.

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Do Your Facebook Friends Post Too Many Baby Pictures?

David Cohen — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:07:31 +0000

The creator of STFU, Parents, a blog that gathers Facebook photos and updates from parents who post too much information about their children and pokes fun at them, may have found a group of soul mates in Chris Baker, Peter Marquis, and Yvonne Cheng, creators of browser extension Unbaby.me.

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Facebook App, Firefox Plugin Analyze Facebook Friends To Root Out Potential Fakes

David Cohen — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:49:10 +0000

A new tool to help parents protect their kids on Facebook, and to help Facebook users in general avoid fake user profiles, was developed by Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev .

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