‘Mom-tested’ sites for tweens

It’s hard to find out much about MomLogic on the Web (couldn’t easily find an About Us page), but the site put its stamp of approval on five sites for preteens: Stardoll (digital paper dolls + social networking), the Whyville virtual world, Imbee blogging, Allykatzz social networking for girls 10-15, and Yamod (a kind of YouTube for kids 14 and under). BTW, Imbee is fixing a problem the Federal Trade Commission had with the site. It has settled with the FTC, which had sued Imbee for children’s privacy violations. Wired reports that Imbee asked kids to “register up front with their full name, date of birth and email address. Only after the child provided the information did Imbee send an activation email to the parents. And if the parents didn’t activate, Imbee held on to the tot’s data anyway.”