FCL Internet Safety and Privacy Resources for Parents and KidsThis is a public service website operated by the non-profit Internet Education Foundation and supported by a wide array of Internet and computer companies as well as a host of public interest organizations and child / family activists. The GetNetWise website offers a comprehensive Online Safety Guide— stating that "keeping children safe on the Internet is everyone's job" and a comprehensive inventory of Tools for Families that can be custom-tailored to the needs and values of individual families. NetLingo: Top 20 Online Acronyms Every Parent Needs to Know From the great Internet Dictionary project, this site states: "our kids love technology, they're expressing themselves and bettering their computer skills, but you need to keep up with them. Let us help you educate yourself because there are some alarming statistics." Net Smartz Workshop is produced by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Boys and Girls Clubs of America. This comprehensive website contains web safety tips and educational materials for parents, kids, teens, educators and law enforcement officials. They also sponsor a site devoted to younger children which features interactive online safety games and videos, and a Teen Site (NSTeens), as well as the NetSmartz Internet Safety Helpdesk, which is sponsored by the Qwest Foundation. 
NetFamilyNews is unique in three ways:
Sponsored jointly by the Illinois Library Association and MySpace.com (!), this site, in addition to offering a wealth of articles about safe internet use, has a downloadable pamphlet (which the site terms "Bookmarks") of great value that covers:
Sponsored by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom , this site offers a number of documents on Social Networking and its impact on parents and teens that are of real value. Parental Controls and Onlne Child Protection: A Survey of Tools and Methods A major, in-depth look at available options for parents, and frequently updated online. Pew Internet and American Life Project: Cyberbullying and Online Teens The Pew Internet and American Life Project is a highly-respected source of information. This report was occasioned by their finding that about one-third of all teenagers who use the Internet say they have been the targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities—such as receiving threatening messages, having private emails or text messages forwarded without their consent, having an embarassing pitcure posted without their permission, or having rumors about them spread onlne.
Safe & Smart: Research and Guidelines for Children's Use of the Internet This informative 2-page pamphlet is produced by the National School Boards Foundation in association with the Children's Television Workshop. The full report is also available online. Social Networking Web Sites and Teens: An Overview. This Memo from the Pew Internet and American Life Project explains that a social networking site is an online place where a user can create a profile and build a personal network that connects him or her to other users. In the past five years, such sites have rocketed from a niche activity into a phenomenon that engages tens of millions of internet users. More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites, according to a new national survey of teenagers conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. An educational web site sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation "intended to help consumers understand both the positive aspects of the Internet as well as how to manage a variety of safety and security issues that exist online." The site contains specific sections for teenagers, parents, senior citizens, and educators with tips and tools tailored to each group.
Teens, Privacy, & Social Networking: How Teens manage Their Online Identities and Personal Information in the Age of MySpace Another fine report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults. While many teens post their first name and photos on their profiles, they rarely post information on public profiles they believe would help strangers actually locate them such as their full name, home phone number or cell phone number.
WiredSafety.org says it is the largest and oldest online safety, education, and help group in the world. Originating in 1995 as a group of volunteers rating websites, it now provides one-to-one help, extensive information, and education to cyberspace users of all ages on a myriad of Internet and interactive technology safety issues. These services are offered through a worldwide organization comprised entirely of volunteers who administer specialized websites and programs. WiredSafety.org volunteers range in age from 18 to 80 and run the gamut from TV personalities, teachers, law enforcement officers, PhD's, writers and librarians to stay-at-home moms, retired persons, and students. WiredSafety.org’s founder and Executive Director, cyberlawyer Parry Aftab, is also an unpaid volunteer. With the exception of its TeenAngels, outreach, law enforcement training and speaking programs, all work and help is provided online and free of charge.
Wired Safety also runs or works with several other affiliated online safety sites, such as: CyberLawEnforcement,org, Wired Kids, and Teen Angels as well as Net Bullies
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