Category Archives: child safety

Moderating children’s virtual worlds – A sort of “Catcher in the Rye”

Posted on September 10, 2009 by

Being one of the newest moderators at Metaverse Mod Squad, I’ve been answering a lot of questions about what my job entails. It didn’t take long at all to realize I wasn’t giving very enlightening answers. “What are you doing … Continue reading →

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Sharon Duke Estroff Named Director of Youth Strategy

Posted on May 27, 2009 by

Author and Educator to Lead Digital Outreach to Parents and Youth, Special Projects •    SACRAMENTO, CA – Metaverse Mod Squad announced today the appointment of Sharon Duke Estroff as its Director of Youth Strategy.  In this new role, Sharon will … Continue reading →

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Keeping Virtual Playgrounds Safe – ABC26 News

Posted on May 1, 2009 by

ABC26 News in New Orleans featured Metaverse Mod Squad in this story on keeping kids safe in virtual playgrounds. http://video.abc26.com/global/video/flash/widgets/WNVideoCanvas.swf

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FTC Issues Fine to Sony

Posted on December 12, 2008 by

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/sony-dinged-1-m.html The key phrase to pay attention to in this article is that Sony knowingly broke the law. “The lawsuit alleges that, since 2004, at least 30,000 children under 13 had registered on Sony’s music websites, and that Sony had … Continue reading →

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The Computer’s View

Posted on November 26, 2008 by

Our friend Izzy Neis, posted this awesome video on her blog. It is a film of children’s faces as they play computer games. What a range of emotions. About half way through, one girl has a single tear come down … Continue reading →

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Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer

Posted on October 29, 2008 by

Article I am trying to figure out how I feel about this.  A 15 year old boy ran away from home after his father took away his Xbox game.  He was missing classes and withdrawn from family and friends. I … Continue reading →

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Woman Jailed for “Virtual Murder”

Posted on October 23, 2008 by

So just arrived back yesterday from the Virtual World Conference in London and I am catching up on email and blog posts (translation:  surfing Facebook and TMZ.com).  I tried to update via Twitter mostly, but unfortunately we were stuck manning … Continue reading →

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Kids Online (un)Conference – Balancing Safety and Fun

Posted on September 16, 2008 by

From Metaverse Mod Squad’s good friend Joi Podgorny: *** Spread the word! Really affordable conference for practical info and discourse on kids online. If you have never been to an un-conference, you really are missing out. Everyone participates – SO … Continue reading →

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