Brad Stone / New York Times:
Online Age Verification for Children Brings Privacy Worries  —  WHEN it comes to protecting children on the Internet and keeping them safe from predators, law enforcement officials have vocally advocated one approach in particular.  They want popular sites, like the social network MySpace …

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo's Stock Acts Like It's In Play-Because It Kind-of Is, As Predators Circle  —  Make no mistake, there are no definitive offers on the table to do a variety of takeover deals of Yahoo by either private equity moneybags or from big media giants such as News Corp. and smaller Web firms such as AOL.

Brad Linder / Download Squad:
1 million viruses, worms, and trojans on the loose  —  The internet is a scary place.  No, we're not talking about predators out to rob you or offer candy to your kids.  We're talking about malware like viruses, worms, and trojans.  According to security company Symantec …

Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
More than 3,500 sex fiends from Facebook, MySpace get boot in crackdown of Internet predators  —  ALBANY - In a major crackdown on Internet predators, more than 3,500 convicted New York sex fiends have been booted from two online social networking sites, sources told the Daily News.

Sharon Jayson / USA Today:
For teens, a friend online is usually a friend offline, too  —  New research about online and offline friends shows that most teens use the Internet to interact with people they already know rather than strangers who might turn out to be predators.  —  The 2008 study by University …

Larry Magid / CNET News:
Consequences of social-network parental controls  —  Last week I wrote about the final report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force that dispelled some myths about predator danger, pointing out that—while predators remain a threat—teens are far more likely to be bullied, harassed …

Robert Quigley / Geekosystem:
FCC Chair Julius Genachowski's Statement on the New Net Neutrality Rules  —  This afternoon, the FCC voted to approve a new set of rules governing online communications, its first enforceable rules on net neutrality, by a vote of 3-2.  As Wired points out, the only group that seems …

Edo Segal / TechCrunch:
For Twitter, Sharing Data WIth Google Would Be Suicide  —  Guest author Edo Segal (@edosegal) has launched and sold several companies.  In 2000 he founded eNow, a search engine for the Real-time Internet in an age that predated RSS as a popular medium.  As such he has had a decade to think about its implications.

Chris Kelly / Facebook Blog:
Keeping Kids Safe Online  —  Yesterday the President signed into law the KIDS Act of 2008, “Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators.”  This law takes an important step in dramatically reducing the opportunities to harm children online, by requiring all convicted sex offenders provide …

Byron Acohido / USA Today:
Government, tech giants team up to protect kids online  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Department of Homeland Security and several tech giants are teaming up to launch a nationwide volunteer program that will put tech pros in K-12 classrooms to make the younger generation aware of dangers on the Internet.