27 August 2010
If a bar or liquor store were to fraudulently market themselves to alcoholics, what would you think? Imagine that an alcoholic, seeking help, notices an ad in the paper for a rehab. “Alcoholics Anonymous Center – Problem Drinkers Welcome”. He arrives to the “Center”, and finds himself at a buy 1 get 1 free beer [...]
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25 August 2010
The risks of compulsive gambling are many – losing money, losing friends, losing a job and even losing your family. Google tells the story in a 30 second video – and gives the solution to stop gambling online. Watch the video now!
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24 August 2010
Web filter and porn filter are two terms that are frequently searched on Internet search engines. WE were interested to learn more about the geographic differences in how people search for these terms and you may find the results surprising, depending on where you live. We have used Google Insights to identify in which states the [...]
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28 July 2010
More and more, human interactions are shifting from the real and personal world and over to the virtual world. It started with shopping and the invention of e-commerce. While once we had to walk into a store and interact with sales people and other customers and cashiers, today we can buy anything online – even [...]
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27 July 2010
If the average high school student spends 9 hours per week on Facebook and 1 hour per week studying, how about finding ways to integrate quality content and activities into social networking that young people can relate to and benefit from?
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27 July 2010
That’s today’s average – 9 hours of time spent connected to technology every day. Teens and older children are spending the same amount of time online as their parents spend at work . . . and sometimes much more. For a young brain that is not fully developed, this amount of activity will undoubtedly have [...]
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26 July 2010
Addiction to pornography may be one of the more problematic addictions to treat. Usually, when someone has a porn addiction, they hide it well. Unlike an alcoholic who the family may actually see drink, by the sheer nature of the addiction, the porn addict is compelled to try to hide his [...]
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20 July 2010
A Dr. Pepper Facebook campaign in the UK severely backfired when the Coca Cola owned brand started an edgy campaign to attract the attention of young customers. The campaign got Facebook users to allow the advertiser to take over their Facebook status -
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15 July 2010
Putting morality and religious issues aside is there a real reason that the average person should make an effort to block porn from their computers? Yes!
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08 July 2010
It was not long ago that parents beamed with pride when their children showed enthusiasm and interest in using the computer. There was a sense that it meant that they were bright and advanced. Manufacturers even developed special keyboards for toddlers and infants. But all that has come full circle and parents are more and [...]
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08 July 2010
Many parents are under the impression that parental control software is software you install on a young child’s computer just to make sure no pornography inadvertently pops up. For older children or teens, there is often an assumption that installing parental controls would be an invasion of privacy or an indication that the parent does [...]
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30 June 2010
There is a lot of information offered online about treatment to stop gambling, advice for gamblers that want to quit, gamblers anonymous , stop gambling forums, etc. Ironically,you will find many articles that offer advice to people who want to quit gambling on actual gambling and betting websites. Unfortunately, this is nothing more than a cynical [...]
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30 June 2010
If you answer YES to any of the following questions, you may have an addiction to pornography. But basically, if a porn habit interrupts with leading a healthy, normal life, it’s a problem and it requires attention.
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28 June 2010
My 10 year old daughter pleaded to open her own Facebook account this week, claiming it would be an important way to keep in touch with friends over the summer and she likes to chat and share photos with family. I have mixed feelings and decided to give it a try and keep a close [...]
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18 June 2010
Ana Luisa Rotta, Director of child protection projects at Optenet, commented: “When you consider that more than one third of the Internet’s content is pornographic, combined with the overwhelming increase in young people now curiously visiting Websites with such ease of access, it is becoming increasingly imperative that adults take responsibility for the management of [...]
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16 June 2010
Optenet Study Highlights Increase in Pornography, Violence, Terrorism and Illegal Drugs Purchase in Web Content • Pornography makes up 37% of the total content on the Internet • Websites related to online role-playing games (RPGs) have grown by 212% • Websites that contain violence (+10.8%), terrorism content (+8.5%), and illegal drugs purchase (+6.8%) continue to grow The need for Parental Control Software [...]
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09 June 2010
We track the trends of what people are searching for in order to keep pace with problems or new issues that are cropping up online . By examining where particular terms are being searched most, we can learn a lot about a region. For example, a search for “Koran” reveals that it is most searched [...]
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28 May 2010
A search on Yahoo Answers for “Porn Addiction” brings up 3000+ results. Think about what that means. “Alcohol addiction” brings a similar number of results. For someone to seek advice on Yahoo Answers, they need to be very desperate. The level of advice varies – from bored people posting silly answers to wannabe advisors dishing [...]
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16 May 2010
We are facing an epidemic of pornography on the Internet of which the repercussions are still not fully understood. And it is frightening. With the click of a mouse, anyone, at any age, at any time can view porn online.
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