Keeping Kids Safe Online New initiatives from the FCC and FTC
designed to protect kids and teens online. Are your kids and
their personal information safe on-line? New data suggests many
parents are worried about internet safety and now a national
watchdog group is calling for new, stricter guidelines for kids
who log-on. "Issues about privacy have come to the floor quite
simply in ways that have never been true before," says Common
Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer. Results of a study by the watchdog
group Common Sense Media show that 92 percent of parents believe
their kids are sharing too much about themselves online and
three-out-of four parents asked believe social networks
specifically aren't doing a good job of protecting the privacy
of kids. "Clearly parents are worried about what information
their children are sharing online how secure that information is
and who might be collecting it and for what purpose," says
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz. Common Sense is
calling on the industry to str