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Ads for R-rated films may not be appearing around TV shows targeting youth, but they're definitely appearing in Web sites that do. Then there's the proliferation of unrated DVDs on video store shelves. "Despite industry controls, buyers from the ages of 13 to 16, unaccompanied by adults, were able to purchase tickets to R-rated films in 39% of their attempts, and successfully bought unrated or … [Read more...] about R-rated media & teens: FTC study

This makes enormous sense: Middle and high school students teaching elementary level ones about online safety – simply because kids look up to teenagers so much. Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Steven Del Negro told Channel 9 News that there was growing demand from grade schools to present to students about online safety and there just weren't enough officer-trainers to go around, so he found an … [Read more...] about Older students help littler ones

Child pornography images are being stored on increasingly portable devices and so are getting harder to find in investigations – from flash drives to cellphones, law enforcement officials say. Still, it is being uncovered. "Of the nearly 125 child porn cases annually investigated by Bergen County prosecutor's detectives, the majority now involve some sort of digital storage media," NorthJersey.com … [Read more...] about Highly mobile child porn

Second-largest social-networking service Facebook just unveiled its biggest overhaul in 18 months, Technology Review reports. “Besides adopting a new look, Facebook is introducing tools that will enable its users to learn more about their social networks and more easily conduct electronic conversations among multiple people simultaneously.” The article adds that the service tested its new look and … [Read more...] about Facebook’s facelift

The bill’s sponsors say it would “clean up the Internet for children,” CNET reports. Sens. Max Baucus of Montana and Mark Pryor of Arkansas introduced legislation today that says operators of Web sites content that’s “harmful to minors” must label their sites as such and register in a national directory or be fined, according CNET. It’s not the first legislation of its kind. “The current … [Read more...] about Proposed US site-labeling law