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A nonprofit public service providing "kid-tech news" for parents and educators in more than 50 countries - weekly via email and audio newscast, and now daily via blog and RSS feed.
Featuring the Net Family Newsletter, the journal-of-record* on tech and digital media where children are concerned (since 1997) - distributed in partnership with SafeKids.com and London-based Childnet International.
Based on the premise that informed, engaged parenting is essential to kids' constructive use of technology and the Net.

Net Family Newsbytes MySpace horror story: 'Tipping point'? Lawsuit: iPods & ear damage Texting & romance 'Sex, boys & videogames' Home Web use worldwide Real life in virtual worlds ID theft targets: Kids What 'DRM' means for music fans Protecting our privacy Winamp users take note! Software P2P: Crackdown in UK Read the 2/3 issue in full

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Our latest feature... Today's MySpace horror story - This news from Connecticut just may be the "tipping point" that leads to stronger child-protection measures taken by MySpace parent News Corp. As of this writing (Friday morning) picked up by media outlets in more than 100 US cities and in the UK, Canada, and Australia, the story from the Associated Press says that "police are investigating whether as many as seven teenage girls [aged 12-16] have been sexually assaulted by men they met through the popular Web site MySpace.com." Read on.

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Net Family News has been reporting on all aspects of children's online safety and technology since 1997. All of its coverage is archived in this site, which is now a valuable reference tool. For tips on how to search this archive, click here.

	Also from NetFamilyNews & partners:
	New! BlogSafety.com - tips and information for bloggers of all ages
	FamilyTechTalk - a weekly podcast (15-min. online "talk show") with Anne Collier of NetFamilyNews.org and Larry Magid of SafeKids.com
	File-sharing realities for families: Risks & solutions
	A dad on kids' blogs: How one father and his 12-year-old daughter worked through the issues
	The IM life of middle-schoolers, Part 1 (the home front) and Part 2 (a school's role) - about how the online social scene (via instant-messaging and blogging) spills over into school
	Cybersocializing, cyberbullying: a look at the teen online social scene and where parents come in (plus tips and links to solutions, recourse, news reports)
	Online-Safety Resources for Home & School: a chronological index of our reports on family rules, filtering, monitoring, and other tools, as well as milestones in kids' online safety
	Conversations with teens about tech - 4-part series of spring 2003: 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, and their parents' views, 5/16
	Teen gamers' views on games (Internet-based, console, etc.), with their own descriptions of favorite games, comments on other issues, and a wise 19-year-old gamer's advice to parents
	When online kids are at risk: Where to get help
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We encourage you to visit these fine resources and organizations... Childnet International's ChatDanger.com and... Center for Children and Technology Childnet International The Children's Partnership Connect for Kids GetNetWise Media Awareness Network National Center for Missing & Exploited Children National Parenting Association SafeKids.com WiredPatrol.org

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