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My brother, Joe, is a Tech officer for the local school system, and publishes a newsletter of vital information for teachers. I think this is also well researched information that parents should be aware of as well.

Joe writes:

Pew Research releases study- "Not as bad, as we thought... maybe" The most current research from Pew tells us that kids are getting better at protecting their online information. In my most recent sessions with middle school students, I would tend to agree.

Don't get comfortable mom and dad, the research on social networking pages still showed:

--82% of profile creators have included their first name in their profiles
--79% have included photos of themselves.
--66% have included photos of their friends.
--61% have included the name of their city or town.
--49% have included the name of their school.
--40% have included their instant message screen name.
--40% have streamed audio to their profile.
--39% have linked to their blog.
--29% have included their email address.
--29% have included their last name.
--29% have included videos.
--2% have included their cell phone numbers.
--6% of online teens and 11% of profile-owning teens post their first and last names on publicly-accessible profiles.

Full story: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/454/teens-privacy--online-social-networks

Download the full report, PDF FILE: PIP_Teens_Privacy_SNS_Report_Final.pdf

Joe also reports:

"Cyber Bullying is a Real and Present Danger"

Many of you have heard me recently talk about cyber bullying and harassment on the web. One of the stark realities of the Blacksburg criminal is that people will do extreme things to other people. Who knows what will come of the investigation into the mind of the perpetrator, and whether he was bullied.

New research and data on all things cyber bullying can be found at:
www.cyberbullying.us

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