PFFer Blogs In Honor Of Web Safety Month

June 5, 2007 | 12:17 PM

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Adam Thierer at the Progress and Freedom Foundation has kicked off a 10-part series of essays that coincide with National Internet Safety Month. His musings on the PFF Blog are condensed from a forthcoming special report "Parental Controls and Online Child Protection: A Survey of Tools and Methods," which will debut June 20.

Part 1: Online Safety Metasites
Part 2: Internet Filters & Monitoring Tools
Part 3: Operating Systems and Web Browser Controls
Part 4: Website Labeling and Metadata Tagging
Part 5: Search Engine Filters and Portals for Kids

Check the PFF Blog for upcoming posts that will focus on the importance of online safety education; a voluntary online code of conduct; social networking safety; online predation and law enforcement efforts; teaching proper online etiquette and informal household media rules.

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Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.

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Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.

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