Connected Families
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March 6, 2018 | Washington, DC
FOSI Briefs the Hill on Connected Families
On Tuesday, the Family Online Safety Institute hosted a briefing featuring Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) focused on the challenges and opportunities of our increasingly connected lives.
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What Parents Can Do To Better Manage Spending In Video Games
By Patricia E Vance | May 17, 2018
Once upon a time, a parent would go to the store and buy a video game off the shelf and the story would end there.
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What to Do If Your Child Is the Victim of Identity Theft
By Kelsey Down | May 15, 2018
We tend to think of identity theft as a specifically adult problem- but a recent report found that more than 1 million American children were victim of identity theft in 2017.
POLICY BRIEF
Community Solutions to Controversial Content Online
In the second of the series on responses to controversial online content this FOSI Brief examines the ways that the Internet community can respond to online challenges and help create a better Internet for all. The first Brief looked at technical responses and concluded that while technical advancements promise much in the fight against objectionable, but legal content, on their own technical solutions are not enough.
REPORT
Connected Families: How Parents Think & Feel about Wearables, Toys, and the Internet of Things
In a new era of connected life, the subject of children’s use of emerging technologies, and subsequent privacy and security implications, has become a top priority for families.
POLICY BRIEF
Technical Solutions to Controversial Content Online
It’s not fake news to say that media reports have devoted much airtime and column inches to stories relating to offensive online content recently. In fact, over the last 12 month we have witnessed a considerable increase in media reports of online harassment, revenge porn, extremist videos and fake news.