The Internet Safety Project

04/03/2012

While the FTC talks about online privacy at large, we want to remind you of a few tips for you and your children at home. Here's a great video with five useful tips for online privacy from Common Sense Media.

Kids online lives connect them to the entire world, but kids aren't always as private as they think. Anything that kids post or text can be copied, pasted, f...

04/03/2012

Good advice for everyone who works from home.

Who doesn't like the flexibility of working from home instead of the office? With gas prices skyrocketing, and commute times becoming longer, the ability to work remotely from home is a welcome practice enjoyed by professionals around the world. In fact, a 2011 survey by the Bureau of Labor Statisti...

04/03/2012

The FTC wants to create new privacy laws - follow the link to find out what they are!

The Federal Trade Commission just announced their recommended best practices for better online safety. The FTC is hoping to turn these practices into laws by the end of the year in order to better protect citizens from the exploitation by online businesses. While government support is not yet known ...

03/30/2012

Social media has played a role in the recent case of Trayvon Martin. But after recent events, one must wonder if that influence has been used for better or worse. Check out the link below to find out why.

03/30/2012

Apple's Fair Labor Association report comes back in the negative, showing working conditions to be quite poor - what do you think Apple will, or should, do?

Since the new year, Apple has fallen under a lot of scrutiny after media accused Apple of neglecting their foreign plants in China where the iPods, IPads, and iPhones are made. The company running Apple's plant is Foxconn, who has been under condemnation before for poor treatment of workers in previ...

03/28/2012

Twitter finally acknowledges the unfollow bug.

Have you ever followed someone on Twitter only to find their updates no longer showing up on your Twitter feed? Or perhaps your sister just messaged you asking why you stopped following her on Twitter, when you never would miss a thing she posted. Seems strange? Well, you're not alone. This week, Tw...

03/28/2012

A woman in Taiwan commits su***de while chatting with Facebook friends, none of whom called the police.

03/26/2012

Microsoft helps take down malware scheme, Zeus, after years of Zeus stealing millions of dollars from online banking systems.

03/23/2012

If you answered no to the question below, check out this article on how some employers are now demanding a Facebook username and PASSWORD during their interviews.

Imagine this: You arrive at a job interview, hoping to find a new career and a better way to put food on the table. After a decent interview, the manager hands you a form asking for your Facebook username and password; when you ask if they seriously want your password, they calmly inform you that th...

03/22/2012

Happy Birthday Twitter! The micro-blogging giant celebrates with impressive new statistics and another broken record.

03/21/2012

Online dating sites are promising to have more stringent checks on their sites in order to prevent sexual assault as a result of online dating.