I heard a very good interview on the ABC “Life Matters” radio program today entitled “Parental Control Of Facebook” about the latest Australian Attorney Generals suggestion to impliment changes to privacy laws to allow parents to have legal access to their children’s Facebook Profiles. In this interview Australian Psychologist Dr Sophie Reid discusses the potential… Continue Reading
“THE nation’s attorneys-general will discuss whether laws should be introduced to allow parents access to their children’s Facebook accounts and social networking sites, allowing them to legally breach their privacy.” The Australian National Affairs Author Verity Edwards There is to be a discussion amongst the Australian Attorney Generals about the privacy laws in regards to… Continue Reading
I’m reading through the latest report released by the Parliament of Australia’s Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety. Some of the initial conclusions are, that in Australia we need a much more centralised system for Cyber Safety law and for education. There is a LOT of information all over the Internet, and its confusing and laborious… Continue Reading
1. Supervision You can not properly supervise your children on the Internet if they use computers behind closed doors, out of your eyesight and out of earshot, (ipods and smart phones are computers too!). Computers and kids must be placed in a central location in your residence for effective supervision. This is the number… Continue Reading
You cannot open a newspaper or read news online these days without seeing a story about a child being bullied online, stalked, or taken advantage of. Some of the stories are so heartbreaking I can’t bear to read them. The reasons why the bullying or stalking has progressed to a point where it has hit… Continue Reading
From a recent article on Dawn.com “WASHINGTON: Some 7.5 million of the 20 million minors who used Facebook in the past year were younger than 13, and a million of them were bullied, harassed or threatened on the site, says a study released Tuesday. Even more troubling, more than five million Facebook users were 10… Continue Reading