Tagged: Child Safety & News
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Start-up’s smartphone technology promises to keep the bullies at bay News
17.05.2012 Most adults know bullies are an unpleasant fact of life. But no parent would wish their children to fall prey to the attention of bullies or any of the other dangers that are...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Security, Mobility, Internet, Consumer Tech, Communications -
37pc of parents block offensive sites from kids - survey News
13.03.2012 While 67pc of parents worry about what their children may come across online, just 37pc have installed software to block access to inappropriate websites, a new survey from... -
INHOPE creates mobile app to report illegal content News
25.11.2011 The Internet Association of Internet Hotlines (INHOPE) has launched a new app for reporting illegal content, including child sexual abuse material, via mobile devices. -
Facebook must do more to protect children – NI father’s solicitor News
07.09.2011 Hilary Carmichael, solicitor of the Northern Ireland man suing Facebook, told Siliconrepublic.com why she thinks Facebook isn’t doing enough to protect children online. -
NI father sues Facebook over suggestive photos of daughter News
07.09.2011 A father from Northern Ireland is suing Facebook after suggestive photos of his 12-year-old daughter were posted on the social networking platform. -
US cop urges parents to hack their kids’ Facebook passwords News
16.02.2011 A police chief in New Jersey has urged parents to hack into their kids’ Facebook pages for their own good. He said that increasingly Facebook and other internet interactions are... -
Irish web users are 2nd-fewest virus recipients in EU News
08.02.2011 Ireland had the second-lowest share of internet users catching a virus or computer infection, an EU for Safer Internet Day study suggests.Tags: Credit Cards, Phishing, Privacy, Online, Parental Controls, Child Safety, Malware, Virus , Ireland, EU 27, EU -
European Parliament to vote on blocking child porn online News
12.01.2011 The Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament will hold its first vote in February on whether or not ISPs and member states should block child pornography online... -
Teenager arrested for refusing to hand over password News
06.10.2010 A 19-year-old was sentenced to 16 weeks in a young offenders institution for refusing to hand over a password to an encrypted file from his computer to the police. -
Facebook introduces optional ‘panic button’ for UK News
12.07.2010 An initiative between Facebook and UK child protection agency CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) will see a direct link called ClickCEOP on users’ homepages,... -
Online safety initiative to raise €5m for children’s charities News
18.06.2010 Irish children’s charities stand to receive more than €5m in additional funds over the next five years through a new channel, ReassureMe.com, that aims to improve child safety...