Using Digital Information And Technology Safely, Legally, And Ethically

Individuals and companies having a website must consider if the site is marketed or if it is appealing to individuals under 13 years. Website developers need to be aware of the children’s online privacy protection act that places parents in control of the type of information that can be collected from young children online. The legislation was designed to protect individuals less than 13 years about the dynamic nature of the internet. The statute applies to commercial websites and online services aiming children under 13 that collects, make use of information and gathers personal information from children. The act also applies to general websites and an online service that receives application and extracts personal information from individuals under 13. The paper provides the measures that sites can use to ensure their website does not violate the

Unfortunately, children are also exposed to a world where their personal information can be available to people around the world, and they might be threatened or intimidated by others. Youngwood is aware of the fact that parents cannot isolate their children from the digital world. Therefore, he recommends parents to stay updated with latest technologies to supervise their

When writing”Internet’s Positive & Negative Effects on People” the author focused on situations that most people do not think about when they are online. The author tried to make the reader more aware as to what really happens online and how it can affect people in both a positive or negative way. This allows people to understand what is truly happening online. When writing “Monitoring Children’s Online Activity” the author wrote about many situations that occur online (cyberbullying, Catfishing, talking to strangers, and inappropriate content) the author focuses on these situations because they can potentially affect children who have not yet hit maturity and put them in harm’s way. When writing about these topics she identified what each

The Rule also applies to websites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information directly from users of another website or online service directed to children.

Initially, people need to be able to avoid bad situations online. Children should be educated enough to manage and avoid offensive situations on the Internet. If the child can’t handle that, they should not be using the Internet. In the article “Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch ‘Cyberbullies’, Kirk Sigmon stated that “Children should be educated to manage and avoid offensive situations on the Internet. If the child in question can’t handle that, they should not use the Internet. It’s that simple.” Although many people will say that avoiding a bad situation is hard, it is really easy. Clearly, a child needs to be able to stay away from harmful situations if he or she is using the internet.

On April 21, 2000, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) has come into effect[3]. This law states that no information about children under the age of 13 may be collected without prior parents’ consent[4]. Theoretically, the law only allows the data to be used as described to the parent. In practice, however, it does not prevent the operator (i.e. the collector of the information) from using the data in any way they like – so long as they mention the way of using the data. The reason for that is that many parents do not read the agreement, and in some instances, the child accessing the website is asked whether they have their parents’ permission, to which they just answer “yes” without actually checking in with their parent or legal guardian. It is partially due to those reasons that some companies have started overcompensating for the law; for instance, AOL has disabled accounts for all users that have specified that they are less than 13 years of age[5]. Currently, the service is “restricted” to 13-and-over users, which, as already

Have you ever seen the television show on NBC Dateline To Catch a Predator? Well if you haven’t, Chris Hansen, the host of the show, has a set up to catch predators online who are trying to meet younger children and arrest predators for trying to seduce young children. This is just one case of why parents are becoming more worried for their children to be using the Internet. Parents strive to find ways to keep their children safe while using the Internet and there are several ways you can do that right at home by protecting your children, having the computer in a high traffic place, and blocking websites.

Just by the click of a button they can have access to anything crummy on the internet. For example, Logan Paul is an internet sensation. He vlogs every minute of his life and uploads it on youtube for all of his 14 million viewers to see, and almost one fourth of those viewers are young kids. He traveled to Japan into The Suicide Forest and discovered a man’s body hanging from a tree. He made the mistake of videoing the whole situation and posting it on YouTube for all of his young viewers to see. Even if parents think their kids are being safe on the internet, there’s a good chance that something bad will always come up. You can always find bad things hidden in all corners of the

I would agree with researcher and acquaintance Danah Boyd about allowing kids to relatively run freely on the internet but with at least some form of communication with a parent or other adult.While Boyd had stated a lot of good solutions to the question, he had thought of the most generic ones that usually don't work especially in this day and age.For example when a parent asks their kid how their trip went or how the answer most kids give are vague and don't really go into depth about it what will they say when their parents would ask about what they did on the internet how Boyd had mentioned at the end

There is no way to truly verify age on the internet; this is a big concern because there is a wealth of content that should not be accessed by children. Pornographic material is the most prominent, and children can very easily stumble upon these types of websites and be exposed to things that they should not be. Along with finding inappropriate materials online, children are also at a great risk because of how easy it is to communicate with people. Children every day are persuaded by online “friends” to meet them or do things for them that put them at great risk.

Imagine a parent, walking into their son or daughter’s room to see an unpleasant image on their device’s screen. The image depicts something which may be offensive, gory, or inappropriate. How can parents be completely sure what their children come across? “Approximately 10,000-30,000 new inappropriate websites enter the work queue each day…” (www.fepproject.com, 2012). This issue is unfortunately occurring all over North America, affecting hundreds of thousands of teenagers, and concerning the parents of many children. “Predators sometimes prod their online acquaintances to exchange personal information, such as addresses and phone numbers, thus putting the kids they are chatting with—and their families—at risk” (http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/net-safety.html, 2016). With Internet filtering systems being installed will prevent students under the age of 18 from viewing inappropriate content, and other Internet users from discovering information about the young user. However, despite the internet being a dangerous place, this issue is also the fault of children across the world who take advantage of free website browsing.

Coben says,”surrendering parental responsibility to a machine that allows the entire world access to your home borders on negligence” (Coben 1).Even though the internet is a dangerous place parents should trust that their children know right from wrong.

Internet safety has been an extensive issue for children and adolescents since accuse to the Internet has become readily available in homes. With Internet use increasing at such rapid rates and a large proportion of adolescents using the Internet daily, the awareness of Internet safety should be addressed. The term Internet safety can be defined as “the knowledge of maximizing an individuals safety to private information, and self protection from using the Internet”. The impact and influence that the Internet has on adolescent life is far-reaching and research findings by Norris (2007) indicate that one-quarter of the American youth that go online at home, do so in the privacy of their rooms. Additionally, with the recent trend of wireless connections there has been a profound expansion in private Internet usage. The diverse means by which adolescents are using the Internet has become coupled with inherent risks of unsupervised and uneducated use.

Some parents are not aware of dangers of internet that brings to their children particularly making friends through internet. For example, their children might get cheated with someone else on internet and their children will not tell what happen to them when they encounter danger. According to BBC News, a 47 year old man defrauded a 13 year old girl online and asked to meet face to face. Luckily, the girl’s mother found out beforehand or else her daughter might be in danger. From this news, we can see that there internet friends are not always honest and they are more likely to consider as un-trustful strangers. Therefore, parents should concern more about their children, teach them about the dangers of making friends on internet, and avoid them from going out with a stranger.

The Internet provides access to all kinds of content at the click of a mouse - but not all of that content is suitable for children and young people to see. While you may have the appropriate parental controls set up on your computer your child may still be able to access inappropriate material if someone in their social networking circle makes it