Good Digital Parenting While Staying At Home
Our households, communities, nation, and world are experiencing rapid change in a way we’ve never seen before.
Good Digital Parenting
Tips, tools and rules to confidently navigate the online world with your kids.
Nov. 18, 2020 | A Live Virtual Event
FOSI 2020 Annual Conference
Building Resilience
On November 18th, we’ll be hosting the premier online safety event of 2020 – live and virtual!
This year’s event, “Building Resilience,” will cover the many changing elements of online life, for ourselves, our families, and our world. The inherent obstacles and vast benefits of the digital world ...
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Getting Tech Ready: A Back-to-School Primer for Distance Learning
By Emily Mulder | Aug. 5, 2020
In 2020, the school supplies list has changed a lot. Parents are more likely to find themselves downloading educational apps for their child’s new tablet, rather than shopping for backpacks and No. 2 pencils.
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COVID19: A Wake-Up Call for Seniors Who Now Must Rely on Tech to Connect
By Rachel Colucci | Aug. 4, 2020
For the generations that grew up in the digital age, technology has been relatively easy to adapt to.
Online Safety in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
This whitepaper aims to connect the emerging technological phenomena of artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications with key actions needed to advance a culture of responsibility online.
Protecting Innocence In A Digital Age
Testimony of Stephen Balkam, CEO and Founder of Family Online Safety Institute, before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary - July 9, 2019
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Revisiting COPPA
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and its corresponding Rule were passed in 1998, before Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube, or Hello Barbie were even conceived. Despite the Rule having been updated there have been calls to alter the way that children’s privacy is regulated in the United States. This white paper explores the implications of the current regime and potential areas of improvement.