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Released: July 04, 2010
Parents can hire a hall monitor for the Web
Source: Brad Stone, New York Times (Free Registration)
Fear can be good for business. Just ask the multibillion-dollar insurance industry, for example. Or companies like LifeLock and TrustedID, which monitor people’s credit reports for fraudulent transactions to protect against identity theft.
So it comes as no surprise that, after years of headlines and horror stories about predators, cyberbullies and other dangers to children online, a crop of subscription services has emerged to help parents monitor their child’s activities on social networks.
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