{"id":890,"date":"2014-04-04T09:43:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T17:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internetsafety.trendmicro.com\/?p=890"},"modified":"2014-04-04T09:43:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T17:43:55","slug":"wwr_1apr14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/blog\/wwr_1apr14\/","title":{"rendered":"What We’re Reading: Anonymous Apps & Bullying, Apple Pays Kids’ App Bills, COPPA Gets Teeth, Social Media & Self-Esteem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LynetteOwens_Trend_bw_edit\"<\/a>By Lynette Owens<\/p>\n

Week of April 1, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

APPLE PAYS FOR KIDS IN-APP SPLURGES<\/b>: This past week, Apple notified customers<\/a> they may be eligible for refunds from errant purchases made through apps. This refund is part of the terms of a settlement wherein Apple agreed to refund at least $32.5 million largely due to children\u2019s purchases made within apps unbeknownst to their parents.\u00a0 While Apple isn\u2019t the only party responsible \u2013 application developers and parents also should be taking measures to prevent excessive charges without permission \u2013 it\u2019s a good reminder to prepare your devices for any billing surprises. In a recent Reuters article on the topic, I provide recommendations to prevent this, including disabling in-app purchasing, requiring a password every time a charge is to be made or limit the use of the account to only iTunes gift cards that are purchased to avoid excessive charges.<\/p>\n

COPPA GETS SOME TEETH<\/b>: The Federal Trade Commission is now aggressively going after tech companies who they suspect violated the Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)<\/a> which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting information from children under 13 online. Mobile ad marketers, ad re-targeters, and other firms that are caught selling information or otherwise violating COPPA statutes will be fined up to $16,000 per infraction, or $16,000 for each app download or login.<\/p>\n

BULLYING & ANONYMOUS APPS<\/b>: \u00a0For a recent column, tech journalist Nick Bilton<\/a> talked to a variety of experts about bullying and anonymous apps. Chrys Bader-Wechseler, co-founder of Secret, an anonymous app with growing popularity, says he believes the design of Secret, which is bright and airy, will encourage people to engage in positive conversation.\u00a0 However, Richard J. Hazler, a professor of counseling education at Penn State University , says teens can engage in online bullying because, \u201cbrain-development wise, the parts of a teen\u2019s brain that control cognitive decision-making are not as well-formed as the emotional areas of the brain. On a social and emotional level they haven\u2019t dealt with these types of issues and don\u2019t fully understand the consequences of their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

SOCIAL MEDIA & SELF-ESTEEM<\/b>: UK private <\/span>school headmaster Andrew Halls<\/a> claims, \u201cevery teenager can feel like the hopelessly inadequate star of his own second-rate biopic,\u201d due to online site\u2019s focus on being \u201cliked\u201d and sharing never-ending updates with their network.\u00a0 He urges all schools to discuss mental health issues, estimated to affect one in ten young people. To do so, he hosted a conference for 200 independent school heads and teachers on how to introduce resilience training for pupils. \u00a0A fantastic idea that families and schools should consider before letting their kids dive head first into online life.<\/span><\/p>\n

SECRET SOCIAL ACCOUNTS<\/b>:\u00a0 For parents that are\u00a0monitoring their children\u2019s activity online,<\/a>\u00a0it can be difficult deciding how to approach content they\u2019ve published that is worrisome or they\u2019ve kept secret. No matter the topic, experts agree that it must be addressed and done in a calm manner. \u00a0Additionally, parents should be aware of their child’s social media activity, not just for their safety, but for their professional future.<\/p>\n

See you next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To help you keep up with what\u2019s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we\u2019ve compiled a list of stories, tips, and insights, we\u2019ve found most useful over the past week. What have you been reading? Tell us below or Tweet @TrendISKF<\/p>\n

This week: Anonymous Apps & Bullying, Apple Pays Kids’ App Bills, COPPA Gets Teeth, Social Media & Self-Esteem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[117,29,84,58,44,7,8,47,6,116,5,11,48,66,25,10,57,88,12,21],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-parents","category-for-teachers","tag-anonymous-apps","tag-anti-bullying-laws","tag-apps","tag-bullying","tag-coppa","tag-cyberbullying","tag-digital-citizenship","tag-digital-literacy","tag-education","tag-in-app-purchasing","tag-internet-safety","tag-kids","tag-media-literacy","tag-mobile","tag-online-privacy","tag-online-safety","tag-parents","tag-social-media","tag-social-networking","tag-teens","wpautop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}