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Then-teenager Justin Berry wasn't Ken Gourlay's only victim, but it was Justin who first accused him. Gourlay was convicted last Friday of enticing and molesting a minor and distributing child pornography over the Internet, among other charges, the Associated Press reports. "Gourlay was one of several men arrested on charges involving child pornography after Berry began working with the Justice … [Read more...] about High-profile child-porn conviction

We've entered the phase of the social Web in which your child can have her very own social-networking site. Teachers can have their own classroom social-networking and media-sharing sites (private or public). So can your book club. As can bullies or gangs or porn collectors, too, for that matter, as unnerving as it is to think about that (post your thoughts in the BlogSafety forum).I've written … [Read more...] about Mini-MySpaces: New phase

Remember "looking out for No. 1"? The results of a just-released study on narcisissm sound a little like that phrase I heard a lot when I was just out of college (we won't say how long ago). "A new study argues that self-absorption in college students is at a new high," reports the Chicago Tribune on a study at San Diego State University. "The authors of the study - which has tracked college … [Read more...] about Narcissism due to social networking?

Way to go, parents – 86.4% of teens say their parents have discussed online safety with them. That's teen users of the social virtual world Habbo.com, anyway, but I suspect they're very representative of teen social-networkers in general. Habbo recently completed its Teen Online Safety Awareness Month, which it says got "over 20,000 teens taking part in safety-related activities and educational … [Read more...] about Parents & kids talk Net safety

It's the new, Internet-enabled principle of reciprocity (see this page), going something like this: Comment on others' as you would have them comment on your profile – but don't go to theirs too much because it's invading their privacy. Yes, even though they put all that very personal info out there, social-networking social norms are beginning to indicate it's too aggressive, even a little … [Read more...] about Social norms in social sites