On Friday, July 8th, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 746, a bill that will allow schools to suspend students who use social networking sites to bully other students. The bill modifies California’s AB 86 (2008), which gave school administrators the authority to discipline students for bullying others offline or online. The original cyber-bullying law (AB 86) targeted instant messages, text messages [...]

One of our favorite Internet safety organizations – Common Sense Media – has just updated their list of Social Networking Sites for Kids. The organization does an outstanding job of reviewing, ranking, and regularly updating their list of kid-oriented social networks. According to Caroline Knorr, parenting editor at Common Sense Media, “The key to all [...]

2WebWatchers would like to acknowledge two new resources provided by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission).  The first is  Net Cetera – Chatting with Kids about Being Online, available as a free download (PDF) or as a booklet that you can order through OnlineOnguard.gov. Educators and parents can order multiple copies at  bulkorder.ftc.gov. The booklet “covers [...]