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Current Children’s Online Safety News: 2018

•  How to get the most out of parental controls
  

by Christine Elgersma, CommonSenseMedia, September 2018

• More than 1 in 4 American users have deleted Facebook, Pew survey finds

by Hamza Shaban, September 2018

• She ‘looked like a fireball’: Internet ‘fire challenge’ leaves 12-year-old Detroit girl severely burned

by Allyson Chiu, 21 August 2018

• One in three children send naked selfies online because parents let them ‘roam free’ on the internet

By John Bingham, 5 Jan 2017

• Children in a digital world ‘need lessons in online safety’

By Narinder Purba, 6 Jan 2017

• Children see ‘worrying’ amount of hate speech online

By Leo Kelion, Nov. 16, 2016, BBC

• Parents Lack Visibility and Control over Kids’ Online Activity, Study Shows

Tempo.com.ph, November 11, 2016

• Do you know what your kids do online?

By Seth Stutman, wwlp.com, August 31, 2016

• Gone Phishing? How to Talk to Your Kids About Malware

By Adam Levin, The Huffington Post, August 10, 2016

• Is There an Association Between Video Game Playing and Aggression?

By ThePhilaNews.com, April 11, 2016

• Sleep-deprived teens at greater risk of injuries, accidents

by Hari Sreenivasan, PBS.org, April 9, 2016

• Children As Young As 7 Are Sexting at School, Study Reveals

by Junrell, ParentHerald.com, March 26, 2016

• Prosecutors: Man Lured Kids into Making Porn Videos

by Associated Press, ABC News, March 26, 2016

• Three Unrelated Alleged Child Predators Busted in One Texas City

by Merrill Hope, Breitbart.com, March 13, 2016

• What are four of the top social media networks doing to protect children?

by Marc Ambasna-Jones, The Guardian.com, February 9, 2016

• Rebecca Arthur, Connecticut teen, flew to Morrocco to meet Internet boyfriend: police

by Andrew Blake, Washington Times, July 10, 2015

• A Neurological Expert Explains Why Teenagers Do Dumb Things

by Conor Friedersdorf, Business Insider, July5, 2015

• Screen Addiction Taking Toll on Kids

by Sylvia Booth Hubbard, Newsmax, July 6, 2015

• A Sad Number of Americans Sleep With Their Smartphone In Their Hands

by Alexandra Ma, Huffington Post, June 29th 2015

• Cyberbullying on Social Media Linked to Depression

by Stephanie Pappas, Live Science, June 22, 2015