In this informative video, the Naperville Police Department unveils their innovative approach to tackling cyberbullying and online sexual harassment. With the increasing prevalence of these issues, law enforcement agencies are now employing cutting-edge software to significantly reduce incidents of cyberbullying and sexting by 50%. Rich Was, from Be Sure Consulting, discusses the integration of the […]
In a recent episode of “Turned on to Tech,” Bob Lotter discusses the inception and impact of MyMobileWatchdog.com. Aimed at protecting children from online predators, Bob’s technology, known as Radar, has been instrumental in over 400 documented convictions of child predators, with estimations reaching as high as 2,000. Bob recounts how his foray into this […]
KFI interviews Robert Lotter, an Orange County Tech Inventor who has created an amazing new app for parents to keep their kids safe. Newspapers and Magazines
About one in five teens in Western New York have witnessing cyberbullying and more than half of area teens have witnessed it being done to others, according to survey results released last week. The results, issued by the Siena College Research Institute, AT&T and the Tyler Clementi Foundation – named for the New Jersey college student […]
A major effort is underway to go after cyber predators accused of ‘sextortion’ involving minors…
(CNN) The number of children and teens in the United States who visited emergency rooms for suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts doubled between 2007 and 2015, according to a new analysis. Researchers used publicly available data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, administered by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every year.
The Kids Internet Design and Safety Act would extend protections and create rules to cover all media platforms.
Concerns over child Internet safety is a common occurrence among parents. Cyberbullying, dangerous Internet “challenges,” adult content spliced into children’s videos, grooming, sexting, and self-harm are all serious concerns in a tech-reliant society.
Is texting people under the same roof the modern-day equivalent of an intercom? Or is it yet one more example of our obsession with technology?
