Internet safety first
The teen networking site that puts Internet safety first, Yoursphere.com is a youth-only online community where kids from 9 to 18 can grow and explore their interests in a secure community.
This companion site is designed for parents, educators and anyone else who cares about Internet safety for our teens. Learn about what's happening on Yoursphere.com and in the world of Internet safety, and join the discussion with other parents.
Internet crime could spread through social networks
PCWorld has an interesting article that says the next wave of Internet crime could come from social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. The article quotes cyber-security guru Peter Gutmann: "I would assume internet crime will migrate to social networking sites in the future."
So why would someone who develops encryption software be concerned about social networking sites?
Dec
22
Weekly highlights on teen networking and Internet safety
One teen explains why he's on the computer so much
Katy Lee at Adventures in Parenting reviewed a new computer time monitoring software, which prompted this teen to explain why he spends so much time on the computer. After some discussion about how to get parents more involved in their teens' activities, Joey replied: "Another thing, my parents dont spend time with me because of the fact i dont really want them to. I’d rather be by myself as it is. They’ve accepted that i like going on my laptop so they leave me to it."
Dec
8
If You Have Worried About Your Children Wasting Their Time Online, Consider The Benefits
We're a family that likes to balance a healthy dose of outside play time (baseball, football, and imaginary play for the younger kids) and after school activities (soccer, gymnastics, track for example) with time spent online or watching TV - that is, after homework is done.
Dec
1
Three years and $50 million later.....
No, that’s not how much it cost or long it took to create and launch Yoursphere.com . It is however the time and financial investment the MacArthur Foundation made to study youth and digital media. Their investment yielded them what I instinctively knew: provide kids a safe place to hang out with friends and give them the tools for meaningful exploration of their interests.
Nov
26
Lori Drew - An Accused Creeper
Lori Drew, the mother accused of creating a phony account on MySpace to harass and solicit information from 13-year old Megan Meier was in court Wednesday in Los Angeles. At Yoursphere, we call her a “creeper” – a person that has set up a fake profile to harass, harm or solicit another person.
Nov
20
