By Anne Collier NetFamilyNews Keep in mind as you read this that every new Mac has a built-in webcam, and webcams are otherwise very easy to buy, use, and conceal from [...]

By Anne Collier NetFamilyNews In a unanimous decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that school districts are responsible for stopping bias-based harassment of [...]

By Anne Collier Reposted from NetFamilyNews Actually, I think these sites may be teen-social-networking training wheels as much for parents as for their users (parents who [...]

By Anne Colllier reposted from NetFamilyNews Casually clicking around the Web “can be a dangerous business” these days, because of the malicious stuff you (or [...]

There’s a lot of talk about Internet predators but the reality is that your kids are lot more likely to be harassed by a teenage online bully than approached by an [...]

As this BBC story explains, social networking is going mobile. This has interesting implications when you consider that people have their cell phones with them at all times. [...]

We call on crossing guards and police officers to help keep our kids safe on the streets, but our main line of defense is the family. Kids are taught to look both ways when [...]

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is launching a new Web site to answer parents’ questions about Internet safety and computers. The free [...]

by Larry Magid Most of the time I write about gadgets or fun Web sites, but today’s column is about a more serious topic: Keeping your kids safe on the Internet. While I [...]

By Anne Collier Sometimes the very reason kids and teens blog and spend time in social-networking sites is to “meet new friends.” So it’s not always easy for them to [...]