Archives for the 'Parents' Category
13-Year Old Seduced Online
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
When I first read this story about a 13-year old who had used a web camera to create an underground enterprise of child-pornography, I knew that this article would prove to be the archetype of how easy online seduction and child pornography had become. I think that this article pretty much says it all and [...]
Orthodox Bishops in America Speak on Mobile Pornography
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
SCOBA The Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas 8 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021 March 15, 2006 To the Reverend Clergy of our parishes Dearly beloved brothers in the Lord, With this letter, we, the hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas, wish to [...]
Cell Phones Preferred for Porn
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
A recently published article in New Scientist reported that cell phones are increasingly being used for accessing porgography. In fact, according to research conducted by Google, the percentage of users accessing pornography on cell phones is greater than that on personal computers. 20% of searches conducted through mobile phones via Google’s mobile search were for [...]
Child Pornography
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
In one of my previous posts, I wrote about a recent incident involving myspace.com and GOYA children at one of our Greek Orthodox parishes. Once again, myspace.com has made national headlines with two AP articles on CNN highlighting the risk teens face online and a boy who was arrested for photos showing him holding handguns. [...]
“Danger Will Robinson!” Protecting Kids on Social Web Sites
Monday, February 13th, 2006
Growing up, I was an avid fan of the television series, “Lost in Space”. On the show, the adolescent Will Robinson was often accompanied by a mechanical guardian named, “Robot”. Robot had the unique ability to sense danger and exclaim the classic phrase, “Danger Will Robinson, danger!” As powerful as computers are today, they cannot [...]