Lina Nealon
Articles by Lina Nealon
Corporations Making Changes: 2020 Victories to Celebrate
February 9, 2021 is the global observance of Safer Internet Day. Safer Internet Day focuses on the idea that everyone plays an important role in making the internet better. To protect children online, and create a space where all are free from the harms of sexual abuse and exploitation, we all—families, corporations, governments—play an important…
2020 Dirty Dozen List
VICTORY: TikTok’s New Privacy and Safety Features for Children
In January 2021, TikTok announced several enhanced privacy and safety settings for minors, making it more difficult for children to be groomed, sexually exploited, or abused through this extremely popular platform. TikTok’s announcement states “As young people start their digital journey, we believe it’s important to provide them with age-appropriate privacy settings and controls.” We couldn’t agree more. Since the…
2020 Dirty Dozen List
Promoting Pornography-free Schools: The Role of the US Dept. of Education
Our children’s health and well-being affects not only them as individuals, but greatly determines the overall health and well-being of our families, our communities, our country. Among the greatest threats our youth are currently facing is exposure to harmful pornography and sexually graphic material which can greatly affect their short and long-term mental, physical, and…
Issue: Child Sexual Exploitation
Corporations in the Classroom: What are Google and EBSCO teaching our kids?
This blog was edited on 10/30/20 in the section about EBSCO for further clarity after receiving a request to do so from EBSCO’s legal counsel. Please see the letter from EBSCO and our response on our webpage about EBSCO here. Corporations and brands shape culture, and unfortunately, their influence has permeated into our education system….
2020 Dirty Dozen_Google
Student Online S-A-F-E-T-Y: Is your school making the grade?
Covid has laid bare many social truths—not least how truly essential our teachers and our schools are to the health and wellbeing of our children, our families, our communities. Parents and guardians across the nation developed a deeper appreciation for the many challenges our teachers face as they were thrust into the role of teacher…
2021 Dirty Dozen List: Google Chromebooks
The ABCs of Safe Online Home Learning
We get it. We’re parents too and this is not the school year beginning any of us envisioned for our children. Parents and guardians would much rather be rummaging ransacked shopping aisles for that last available three-ring binder than negotiating complex schooling decisions affecting our kids against this ever-shifting landscape. One thing is certain amidst…
Issue: Child Sexual Exploitation
Dignity Defense Alert: PayPal severs ties with Pornhub
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation is honored to recognize PayPal in July 2020’s Dignity Defense Alert for severing ties with Pornhub in an industry-leading move that proved PayPal truly does put “people at the center of everything [they] do.” By ceasing to process payments to Pornhub, PayPal hampered a predatory corporation’s ability to perpetuate…
Dignity Defense Alert