The Week in Online Safety, July 25, 2011 A weekly global view of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence Online Reputation Online reputation is a growing concern in online safety as today’s digital youth become adults...

Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft, writes on the Microsoft on the Issues blog : As we engage with people around the world, it is clear that privacy issues are top of mind for consumers, businesses, governments and policymakers. It seems...

Richard Boscovich, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, writes on the Official Microsoft Blog : Last month, I shared with you that the Rustock botnet has remained inactive since Microsoft and its partners took it offline on March 16 th ...

Dick Craddock of Windows Live explains on the Inside Windows Live Blog : At Hotmail, we know that account hijacking is a big problem, and we continue to work hard to prevent it. We’ve noticed a couple of things about hijacked accounts. First...

The Week in Online Safety, July 11, 2011 A weekly global view of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence Violent Video Games The ramifications of the last month’s Supreme Court ruling striking down a California law restricting...

The Week in Online Safety, July 4, 2011 A weekly global view of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence Supreme Court Ruling on Violent Videogames: Reactions Last week, the Supreme Court struck down a California law restricting...

Reid Kuhn, Partner Group Program Manager, Windows Phone Engineering Team writes on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog: There continues to be a high level of public interest in how and why companies collect Wi-Fi access point information. Windows Phone...

Today is the last day of June, which is Internet Safety Month in the United States. (There is an international Safer Internet Day in February). Microsoft was busy with a number of safety initiatives throughout the month of June. On June 1, we participated...