During the week of January 12, 2020, the Protect Young Eyes Team celebrated Privacy Week with seven days of helpful tips for protecting your data. Here are all seven Facebook posts for easy access (we also posted these on Instagram): Day 1 – 12 Million Homes. …
The Master List of Privacy Settings for EVERYTHING. Read More
Family Link parental controls have improved significantly since they were first released in 2017. After Google shockingly removed Supervised Users from Chromebook in January 2018, Family Link slowly became the parental control replacement for both Chromebooks and Android devices. What is Google Family Link? Family Link …
Disney’s streaming video service, Disney Plus, is here (also available as an app for iOS or Android)! Endless Star Wars, Marvel, The Simpson’s, Pixar, all of your Disney favorites, and more. And it’s inexpensive, with many people taking advantage of early sign-up promotions or deals through …
Screen Time – How Much is Too Much? “Chris, how much screen time should I give my kid?” This is the burning question for many parents and educators today, and we hear it often. No one seems to know exactly the right screen time answer, …
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Today’s world is bursting with information – including fake news. We have so much right at our fingertips. But how much of what’s out there is actually credible? In an effort to combat the rise in misinformation, Google recently developed an internet initiative called Be Internet …
On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, Chris McKenna, the founder and CEO of Protect Young Eyes, was invited as one of five witnesses to a Senate Judiciary Hearing titled, “Protecting Innocence in a Digital World.” This work is an extension of the #FixAppRatings Campaign that started in …
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What are Snapchat Filters? A Complete Guide for Parents. Does your kid have Snapchat? Great. Time for a lesson on Snapchat filters. If not, does your kid have friends who have Snapchat? Great. Your kid is impacted by them, too. Still time for a lesson. Snapchat …
What is cyber flashing? Australian online safety experts are warning parents about a rise in new digital phenomenon known as “cyber flashing”, where explicit and abusive images are anonymously sent to strangers (or friends) through iPhones using its AirDrop feature. AirDrop is one of many iPhone …
Pedophiles trade Child Porn through Dropbox Links on Instagram The Atlantic first reported that teenagers stumbled upon a network of Instagram accounts that were sharing Dropbox links of child porn (Atlantic article). The way it worked is that pedophiles were using certain hashtags on images …
No Accountability for Big Tech = Big Problem When I take my kids to the movies, we depend on the MPAA rating system to tell my family what to expect. When listening to music, inappropriate content is tagged as having “explicit content.” Video game retailers refuse …
It’s Time to Fix App Ratings. It’s Time to Start Caring for Kids. Read More