Awareness Is The Answer

Web 'predator' sentenced

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:55:33 -0500

A Naperville man who attempted to contact as many as 50 young girls a day through the popular MySpace.com Web site was sentenced Tuesday to 42 months in prison for sexually molesting a 15-year-old Naperville girl he met through the Internet.
abarnum@tribune.com
Copyright (c) 2007, Chicago Tribune

Don't Get Caught In the Net

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:38:05 -0600

Macomb Online Safety Team (MOST) and others discuss Internet Dangers. Students surveyed and web site created www.most.macomb.com.

Illinois Republicans propose MySpace discipline by schools

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:50:00 -0600

Illinois House Republicans have begun pushing a plan for Internet safety through legislation House Bill 37 through House Bill 41.

Families Sue News Corp., MySpace

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:30:00 -0600

Four families have sued News Corp. and its MySpace social-networking site after their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met on the site, lawyers for the familes said.

Dist. 128 blog policy made waves

Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:53:59 -0600

Russell Lissau, Daily Herald
Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 Associate Superintendent Prentiss Lea was, quite literally, the school administrator heard round the world.Recognizing the growing popularity and dangers of blogs and social-networking Web sites, Lea and other District 128 officials decided to hold students accountable for what they post online.

Monitoring Internet Use

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:10:00 -0500

KHQA's Melissa Shriver interviews Mike Nobis of Creative Printers and Jody Cooper of Quincy Public Schools and provides tips about monitoring use of the Internet

Wi-Fi Gives Kids Access to Unchaperoned Net

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:40:00 -0500

By Stefanie Olsen of CNET News. An increasingly wide range of mobile devices are giving the kids who use them entry points to wireless broadband outside of the home and parental control. The article includes links to comments from readers.

Cyberbullying

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:40:00 -0500

A national poll indicates that more than 13 million children between the ages 6 to 17 have been "cyber-bullied," with 2 million victims telling no one about the threats.

Best Internet Filter are Adult Eyes

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:00:00 -0500

Quincy Herald Whig staff writer, Holly Wagner, interviews Adams County Board Chairman Mike McLaughlin about his daughter's myspace.com invitation. Additional comments by Ray Scheiter and Pam Leffringhouse of the Awareness Is The Answer Committee