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Does Georgia Teen Kidnapping Point to Larger Online Predation Risk?

The Lamar County, Georgia, sheriff's department reported late Thursday that two teen girls reported missing Wednesday morning have been found safe. The FBI and federal marshals recovered the teens in Tennessee after a harrowing joyride that turned into a kidnapping. ABC Otus News said Amber Henry, 16, and Kirsten Kamradt, 14, left home in the pre-dawn hours of the morning Wednesday to go for a ...

Google+ Offers More Restrictive User Experience for Teens

Google+ is now officially welcoming teenagers and tailoring the experience of the social networking site for them by making it more restrictive and potentially...

Texting language weaves its way into school assignments

Clarissa De La Paz said she has caught herself writing at school like she texts with her friends.

Google+ to allow teens to log in

Google, facing growing scrutiny over its approach to consumer privacy, said Thursday it would open its social networking site to teenagers, matching the policies of its rivals, such as Facebook and MySpace. Read full article >>

Google+ officially welcoming teenagers

Until now Google+ was technically for people 18 and older, although it is well-known that minors routinely enter false ages.