Topic: Facebook Inc.

Young British Facebook users get new application linking to online child safety programFacebook is launching an application to allow young British users to report worrying or inappropriate behavior to child protection authorities. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center said Monday the ...
Summary Box: PTA teams up with Facebook to promote online safety for kids, parentsJOINING FORCES: The National PTA and Facebook are teaming up to promote Internet safety through a set of tools and resources for kids, schools and parents. WHY IT MATTERS: ...
PTA teams up with Facebook to promote online safety for kids, parentsThe PTA and Facebook are joining forces to promote Internet safety through a set of tools and resources for kids, schools and parents. The world's largest online social network and the ...

Dear Mum and Dad: please call me at university

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Nearly a quarter of British university students starting to live away from home would like their parents to call them once a day, a new study suggests. As new students get through "Freshers' Week," the survey of 256 ...
French Cabinet member in charge of digital economy unveils pregnancy on FacebookThe French, including their politicians, take Facebook seriously. Cabinet member Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet announced her pregnancy on the social networking site Wednesday. She says on her Facebook page, "these things are more ...
France's minister for the digital economy on Wednesday used Facebook to publicly announce her pregnancy. Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said she couldn't "hide it any longer." "So there, it's true, I'm pregnant," wrote the 35-year-old minister in a posted message confirmed by her office. ...
A report earlier this month that MySpace removed 90,000 sex offenders from its Web site had me wondering: Maybe all those moms who spy on their kids online are doing the right thing. Yeah, that's right. Moms are spying. They're reading kids' ...