Parry Aftab's Blog

animations

2009-11-27T16:02:00.000-05:00

animationsI get hundreds of requests a week for access to our flash animations. tons more will be available in our upcoming StopCyberbullying Toolkit, but here is the page on wiredsafety where you can access many of the animations.

STOP cyberbullying: Cyberbullying - what it is, how it works and how to understand and deal with cyberbullies

2009-11-25T21:56:00.000-05:00

STOP cyberbullying: Cyberbullying - what it is, how it works and how to understand and deal with cyberbullieswe get so many requests to use this flash animation on cyberbullying. Will be making it available for use and download in January in our StopCyberbullying Toolkit.

Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insurance - news.yahoo.com - Yahoo! Buzz

2009-11-23T11:20:00.000-05:00

Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insurance - news.yahoo.com - Yahoo! BuzzYou never know who is looking. Don't post is you don't want anyone to see it.

myYearbook | Jessie Logan

2009-11-21T21:22:00.000-05:00

myYearbook | Jessie LoganTake a pledge in Jessie Logan's name to stop sexting and sexting-related abuse. Jessie tried ot hep others by sharing her own sad story about her private picture being circulated througout her town by her ex. The pain became more than she could bear and she ended up taking her own life.

4th-grader speaks on congressional panel | LoHud.com | The Journal News

2009-11-19T09:50:00.000-05:00

4th-grader speaks on congressional panel | LoHud.com | The Journal News

KidZui Launches New Version of Company’s Award-Winning Kid’s Browser, Featuring New Ways for Children and Parents to Safely Discover and Share the Internet Together | Press Releases @ Your Story

2009-11-19T08:49:00.000-05:00

KidZui Launches New Version of Company’s Award-Winning Kid’s Browser, Featuring New Ways for Children and Parents to Safely Discover and Share the Internet Together | Press Releases @ Your StoryI'm a big fan of KidZui, enough to work with them directly. I was speaking to about 500 adults as part of a Girl Scouts support event in San Diego. I dragged Cliff Boro, KidZui's CEO, along with me to hear what parents are asking. The funny thing was that after I spoke, every single question asked by the adults (all of whom were parents) was answered by directing them to KidZui.

"My daughter wants a Facebook, but is too young. Where can she go to feel like she can have her own community that is age appropriate?" KidZui.
"My son love YouTube, but there are videos I don't want him to see there. Where can he go?" KidZui.

"My twins play games and love searching for new ones, but I worry about what they may find." KidZui

"How can I filter what they are doing online without feeling like a censor?" KidZui

"Is there a kid size search engine that I know is really safe?" KidZui

I made Cliff stand up eventually. He was embarrassed a bit, but saw how much his product touches the needs of families out there.

I'm not paid to endorse them. I only advise them on how to be safe.

This endorsement is free and genuine.
I you have't checked it out, try it. KidZui.com. Just don't let your kids know it's good for them. :-)

2009-11-18T20:55:00.001-05:00

Teens are big advocates of their own space. You should knock before entering, never look through their diary or sock drawer without asking, never open their locker without permission and don’t read their email, IMs or their text messages. It’s ironic that while they are adamant about protecting their privacy from adults at home and in school, they are usually less protective of their digital privacy and personal space online and from other teens.

When teens are dating, they want to be open and honest. No secrets! (Not counting the deep dark secrets their boyfriend or girlfriend can’t find out about.) But even in the closest of relationships, teens need to protect their own privacy space, time and activities. They often forget the “me” while being blinded by the “us”.

Privacy has become an old person’s concern. Teens feel they have nothing to hide, and it shows in what they post and share online. Unless they are doing something wrong, they have no reason to worry that others will know their business. Right? Wrong!

Privacy, like the other constitutional rights, needs to be valued and protected.

I will be creating a series of tutorials for teens about their privacy rights and why they matter.

want to help?

St. Paul police arrest two in videotaped assaults originally posted on YouTube - TwinCities.com

2009-11-18T14:05:00.000-05:00

St. Paul police arrest two in videotaped assaults originally posted on YouTube - TwinCities.com

CARU's 2nd Annual Conference Blog

2009-11-13T11:21:00.000-05:00

CARU's 2nd Annual Conference BlogParry speaks at CARU event

Moms meet to become more tech-savvy | KING 5 TV | Seattle News, Local News, Breaking News, Weather | Home

2009-11-10T16:36:00.000-05:00

Moms meet to become more tech-savvy | KING 5 TV | Seattle News, Local News, Breaking News, Weather | Home

Moms learn online tools at Microsoft | Spokesman.com | Nov 7, 2009

2009-11-08T12:01:00.000-05:00

Moms learn online tools at Microsoft | Spokesman.com | Nov 7, 2009check out our new wiredmoms program designed to get moms connected and up to speed about cybersafety.

Mommies Angels: Build a bear"s Stop Cyber Bullying month

2009-10-23T13:42:00.000-04:00

Mommies Angels: Build a bear"s Stop Cyber Bullying month

The Badger Herald: Opinion: ‘Anonymous’ says this piece blows

2009-10-23T13:17:00.000-04:00

The Badger Herald: Opinion: ‘Anonymous’ says this piece blows

GoodyBlog

2009-10-21T18:44:00.000-04:00

GoodyBlogRead about Build-A-Bear Workshop's cyberbullying prevention work and its cybersafety commitment with WiredSafety.

I'm still standing: Bullying has gone “out of this world!”

2009-10-19T20:42:00.000-04:00

I'm still standing: Bullying has gone “out of this world!”an amazing mom!!!!!

Whitnall student accused of coercing girls to send nude photos - JSOnline

2009-10-15T13:55:00.000-04:00

Whitnall student accused of coercing girls to send nude photos - JSOnline

Giving Back: Making a Difference, Building Community

2009-10-15T13:51:00.000-04:00

Giving Back: Making a Difference, Building Communitywe love Maxine and the entire team at BaB. Amazing and caring people

footage from the stopcyberbullying coalition event October 13 in DC

2009-10-14T08:47:00.001-04:00

Broad coalition talks cyberbullying on Hill | Washington Examiner

2009-10-14T08:39:00.000-04:00

Broad coalition talks cyberbullying on Hill | Washington Examiner

More about the Stop Cyberbullying Coalition event

2009-10-11T17:09:00.000-04:00

The StopCyberbullying Coalition Event
October 13, 2009
Senate Building – Russell SR325
Noon – 4pm (lunch provided)

WiredSafety, home of StopCyberbullying.org, will host the first StopCyberbullying Coalition event on Capitol Hill. Leaders in the entertainment and Internet industries, cybersecurity and safety, cybercrime and policy, international media and expert tweens and the award-winning Teenangels will join forces to address cyberbullying and sexting risks. Cynthia Logan will join Debbie Johnston as the luncheon speakers to share their personal pain of losing their teens, Jessie Logan and Jeffrey Johnston, to cyberbullying inspired suicides.

Bill O’Dowd, executive producer of Zoey 101 and other successful tween and teen productions, will share his thoughts on reaching young people effectively with the right messages, like how to Stop Cyberbullying.

Three panels will cover the Tween and Teen Perspectives, the Law, Best Practices and Internet Risk Management and Moving Forward, how all stakeholder groups can work towards a common goal. Coalition members and experts represented on the panels include Facebook, Microsoft, Xbox, AOL, Yahoo!, Google, Build-A-Bear Workshop, myYearbook, MTV, the Girl Scouts of the USA, the Ad Council, Disney, Kids@Play, Buzz Marketing Group, the Office of the Mayor of NY, the FTC, Candystand, the US Department of Education, Seventeen Magazine, Liz Claiborne, iKeepSafe, the National Crime Prevention Council, WiredMoms, Verizon and WiredSafety’s Tweenangels and Teenangels. (Others are pending confirmation.) Learn what others are doing and what you can do to help address this growing problem. The event will be moderated by WiredSafety’s Executive Director, privacy lawyer Parry Aftab.

See a sneak preview of the StopCyberbullying Toolkit for Schools sponsored by Facebook, Microsoft, LG Phones, MySpace, Procter & Gamble, Adobe, myYearbook, AOL, Canada’s Child Safety Research and Innovation Center, NCPC, the ADL, Build-A-Bear Workshop, WiredTrust and others will take place during the luncheon presentations.
Event open to invited guests only. To request an invitation, please contact Parry Aftab’s office, 201-444-8910 or email Parry Aftab (parry@aftab.com). Space is very limited and an RSVP is required. Media will be in attendance and the event will be videotaped, blogged and Tweeted live. For more information, follow WiredMoms on Twitter or Parry’s cybersense blog, parryaftab.blogspot.com

The detailed Stop Cyberbullying Event Agenda. this will be videotaped and tweeted.

2009-10-11T16:49:00.002-04:00

The Stop Cyberbullying Coalition Roundtable
Senate Building - Russell SR325 October 13, 2009 Noon – 4pm

11:30 - Noon Participants sign in and pickup box lunches. Event begins promptly at noon. Our thanks to Build-A-Bear Workshop for generously sponsoring lunch.

12:00 – 12:10 Parry Aftab welcomes participants and Teenangels share some cyberbullying and sexting harassment-related statistics

12:10 – 12:20 Debbie Johnston shares Jeffrey’s story. Jeff took his own life after 2 years or cyberbullying torment, at the age of 15. Through her hard work, Florida adopted “The Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act” which requires schools in the state to adopt policies to discourage bullying in person and online.

12:20 – 12:30 Cynthia Logan speaks about her ongoing fight to teach schools how to handle sexting-related harassment among students. Her 18-year old daughter, Jessie Logan, tried desperately to teach others the risks of sexting after her private nude image to her 19-year old boyfriend was broadcast to more than 1000 people. After no one would help her, she took her own life. Cynthia is working tirelessly with WiredSafety to help stiffen sexting-related harassment penalties while reducing the criminal penalties for taking and sharing consensual nude images of minors as a registered sex offense.

12:30 – 1:30 Panel One – Knowing Your Audience: During this panel, experts in the field will address the various stakeholder groups that must be involved to address cyberbullying effectively. Leading entertainment companies, teen viral marketing experts, preteen brands, educators, teens and advocacy groups will explore what they know and are doing and how we can all learn to reach the right audiences with meaningful messages. Q&A will take place during each of the panels.

1:30 – 2:30 Panel Two: Safety, Laws, Best Practices and Policy: Law enforcement leaders, policy experts, governmental agencies, chief technology officers, privacy and security experts and technology advisors explore the limits and importance of laws, which laws are the right ones, where can technology fill the gap and what they do to protect their users from cyberbullying risks.

2:30- 2:45 Break and a chance for audience participants to share their comments. (Cards will be given to each participant to submit questions for the panelists and to propose items they want to share with the entire group. They will be picked up regularly during the program. The WiredMom Twitter team will be collecting tweets submitted to “wiremoms” for the panelists.) Our thanks once again to Build-A-Bear Workshop for sponsoring the coffee break.

2:45 – 3:45 Panel Three: The Lay of the Land and Playing Nicely With Others: What is already being done and what can we learn from those who have begun to address cyberbullying? Leaders from the Internet industry, advocacy groups, technology providers, teens and educators will share information about the current landscape and where we need to go next. Those who have created and managed meaningful coalitions will share how they got past the “This is mine! Don’t touch that! I can do it all alone!” mentality that has plagued so many cybersafety initiatives in the past.

3:45 – 4:00 Parry Aftab will wrap up the event with a summary of what we have learned, next steps and a proposed action plan for the StopCyberbullying Coalition. A next event will be proposed and the Teenangels will challenge the participants to do even more to Stop Cyberbullying.

Let Me Know: Life Online - Texting and IM

2009-10-11T11:22:00.000-04:00

Let Me Know: Life Online - Texting and IMsome advice form Parry about what to do if "sexting" involves your kids.

2009-10-10T00:18:00.002-04:00

MEDIA ALERT *** MEDIA ALERT *** MEDIA ALERT
CONTACT:
Parry Aftab
201-444-8910
Parry@Aftab.com

Kris Brill
314-780-1332
Krbrill@swbell.net

THE STOPCYBERBULLYING COALITION ROUNDTABLE
INDUSTRY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, ADVOCACY GROUPS AND TEENS AND PRETEENS JOIN FORCES ON CAPITOL HILL TO STOP CYBERBULLYING AND ADDRESS SEXTING AND CYBERABUSE ISSUES

Washington, DC – Cyberbullying and sexting incidents related harassment are touching most teens and preteens. 85% of middle schoolers reported being cyberbullied at least once. Only 5% would ever trust their parents with that information. Kids begin cyberbullying as young as 3rd grade and have identified 36 different ways to use a cell phone as a weapon against their classmates. Extortion is the method of choice of 4th graders who cyberbully. 44% of high school boys polled said they have seen at least one nude picture of a female classmate and 10% also admit to sending a nude picture to someone else (many unsolicited) using their cell phones. Sexting (sending nude photos via a cell phone) is a fast growing trend, affecting more and more teens and even preteens. And those involved can end up as registered sex offenders.
Who: Facebook, Microsoft, Disney, Build-A-Bear Workshop, AOL, Yahoo!, Google, MTV, Verizon, the Ad Council, Girl Scouts of the USA, Dolphin Entertainment, Parents of cyberbullicide victims Jessie Logan and Jeff Johnston, the Office of the Mayor of NY, WiredMoms, Liz Claiborne, Kids@Play, Buzz Marketing, the FTC, the US Department of Education and other Capitol Hill and industry leaders, law enforcement officials and child advocacy groups join expert Teens and Preteens in an engaging luncheon presentation and panels designed to address the problem. WiredSafety’s Executive Director, cyberlawyer Parry Aftab, and the award-winning Teenangels will moderate the highly interactive afternoon program.

What: Three hour-long panels to address the scope of cyberbullying risks, ways to reach teens and preteens effectively and empower them and engage them in creating solutions, what role laws play in preventing and addressing cyberbullying and how all stakeholders can work together for a common goal – to stop cyberbullying and break the cycle of sexting harassment.

When: October 13th, 2009- Noon to 4pm (lunch provided) Space is Limited, Contact Parry Aftab for Info

Where: The US Senate Building (Russell SR325)

Why: Because “Cyberbullying Hurts!”

Join the StopCyberbullying Coalition. WiredSafety is the world’s oldest and largest cybersafety charity operating through grassroots volunteers worldwide. It operates StopCyberbullying.org and the StopCyberbullying Coalition to bring together all stakeholders to address and work together to stop cyberbullying.
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Tina Wells: Cyberbullying: A Call To Action

2009-10-10T00:06:00.000-04:00

Tina Wells: Cyberbullying: A Call To Actiongotta love that woman! the event is fully-subscribed. If you are interested in attending, send me an email and I will add you to the waiting list.

the StopCyberbullying Coalition Roundtable on Capitol Hill

2009-10-08T23:54:00.002-04:00

MEDIA ALERT *** MEDIA ALERT *** MEDIA ALERT
CONTACT:

Parry Aftab
201-463-8663
Parry@Aftab.com

Jill Saunders
314-422-4523
JillS@BuildaBear.com
THE STOPCYBERBULLYING COALITION ROUNDTABLE
INDUSTRY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, ADVOCACY GROUPS AND TEENS AND PRETEENS JOIN FORCES ON CAPITOL HILL TO STOP CYBERBULLYING AND ADDRESS SEXTING AND CYBERABUSE ISSUES

Washington, DC – Cyberbullying and sexting incidents related harassment are touching most teens and preteens. 85% of middle schoolers reported being cyberbullied at least once. Only 5% would ever trust their parents with that information. Kids begin cyberbullying as young as 3rd grade and have identified 36 different ways to use a cell phone as a weapon against their classmates. Extortion is the method of choice of 4th graders who cyberbully. 44% of high school boys polled said they have seen at least one nude picture of a female classmate and 10% also admit to sending a nude picture to someone else (many unsolicited) using their cell phones. Sexting (sending nude photos via a cell phone) is a fast growing trend, affecting more and more teens and even preteens. And those involved can end up as registered sex offenders.
Who: Facebook, Microsoft, Disney, Build-A-Bear Workshop, AOL, Yahoo!, Google, MTV, Verizon, the Ad Council, Girl Scouts of the USA, Dolphin Entertainment, Parents of cyberbullicide victims Jessie Logan and Jeff Johnston, the Office of the Mayor of NY, WiredMoms, Liz Claiborne, Kids@Play, Buzz Marketing, the FTC, the US Department of Education and other Capitol Hill and industry leaders, law enforcement officials and child advocacy groups join expert Teens and Preteens in an engaging luncheon presentation and panels designed to address the problem. WiredSafety’s Executive Director, cyberlawyer Parry Aftab, and the award-winning Teenangels will moderate the highly interactive afternoon program.

What: Three hour-long panels to address the scope of cyberbullying risks, ways to reach teens and preteens effectively and empower them and engage them in creating solutions, what role laws play in preventing and addressing cyberbullying and how all stakeholders can work together for a common goal – to stop cyberbullying and break the cycle of sexting harassment.

When: Noon to 4pm (lunch provided) Space is Limited, Contact Parry Aftab for Info
Where: The US Senate Building (Russell SR325)
Why: Because “Cyberbullying Hurts!”

Join the StopCyberbullying Coalition. WiredSafety is the world’s oldest and largest cybersafety charity operating through grassroots volunteers worldwide. It operates StopCyberbullying.org and the StopCyberbullying Coalition to bring together all stakeholders to address and work together to stop cyberbullying.
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