Computer game teaches youngsters about dangers of online strangers
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CAMAS, Wash. -- Police and school officials in the Camas district are using a computer program to teach students about Internet predators and the online dangers of kidnapping, sex abuse and child pornography.
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Blog: A new study shows that online safety advice needs to go beyond "don't talk to strangers" to address the specific risky behaviors that make youth ages 10-17 vulnerable to online victimization.
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By Kat Zeman Daily Herald Staff Writer  What you don't know about computers can hurt your child.  Roughly 45 percent of the children who have fallen victim to a predator in recent years had a personal profile on the Internet.
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Secure USB tokens used to verify a child's age before allowing him to chat.
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Children have always enjoyed  make-believe. Now, some new Web sites are letting them live out  their fantasies in virtual worlds using self-designed avatars.
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Second Life, the fast-growing online   site where hundreds of thousands of people play out fantasy   lives online, has suffered a computer security breach that   exposed the real-world personal data of its users.
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By Julia Stuart  They come home from school, ignore their toyboxes and log on. Mouses in hand, they enter a virtual world and play with their dolls online. The real thing, it appears, is no longer cool.   There is a plethora of internet sites now catering for young girls.
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As kids keep getting plugged into the Internet, toy makers are following them online.
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The explosion of social networking sites such as MySpace.com and Second Life, along with free video sharing sites like YouTube.com, is making it increasingly difficult to protect children surfing the Internet, says Stephen Balkam, who founded a voluntary Web site rating system seven years ago.
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Cellphone cameras and text messages, social networking Web sites, e-mail and instant messaging, all give teenagers a wider range of ways to play tricks on one another.
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Parents' tend to worry about the obvious Internet dangers, such as porn, sexual predators and, to a lesser extent, misinformation. According to new studies by a non-profit group, Wired Safety, there is now another cause for alarm: cyber bullying.
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There's no shortage of people playing dirty tricks, or just being plain annoying, online. Here's a taxonomy to help you sort them out
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These aren't your teenager's social networking sites.
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The computer maker and a nonprofit organization have launched a project to teach people about spyware and how to avoid it. By Thomas Claburn.
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When virtual crime finds its way into online role-playing games, should real-world authorities step in?
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âGrowing Up Onlineâ asks an increasingly important question: What does it mean to be part of the first generation coming of age steeped in a virtual world seemingly outside parental control?
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Technological skills, like maneuvering a mouse, are becoming part of a childâs developmental milestones.