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PBS NEWSHOUR
Dec 11, 2012
RAY SUAREZ: Finally tonight: new worries over the mobile apps kids are using, and what the apps disclose about their users.
It seems like everyone has them, the ubiquitous applications, apps, for short, on smartphones and tablets, including everyt...
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TechNewsDaily
Nov 26, 2012
It’s parents’ job to worry about their kids, and technology continues to fuel their fears. A new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that parents are taking action, not just relying on parental-control tools such as browser f...
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Suzanne Choney, Digital Life on Today
Nov 21, 2012
Parents of online teens are concerned about what exactly their kids do online, but they're also wary of how their children are being tracked by advertisers, according to a new report.
The findings come at a time when the Federal Trade Commission i...
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Somini Sengupta, New York Times
Nov 20, 2012
The Pew Internet Center recently asked that especially anxious cohort of Americans — parents of teenagers who use the Internet — if they were concerned that their child’s online activities “might affect their future academic or employment opportuniti...
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Report
Nov 20, 2012Mary Madden, Sandra Cortesi, Urs Gasser, Amanda Lenhart, Maeve Duggan
Parents have a range of concerns about how their children’s online activities might affect their privacy and many have taken steps to monitor their children and encourage online safety
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Presentation
Jul 11, 2012Kristen Purcell
How teens use the internet, mobile phones, social media and social networking sites,as well as teen communication preferences and online information consumption.
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Donna Tam, CNET
Jul 11, 2012
Most teenagers use social-media sites and parents are wise to it, "friending" their kids and monitoring which sites they visit at an increased rate, according to ...
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