Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Online Predators and Exploitation

Feeling safe on the internet is different from being safe on the internet. As the usage of chat rooms, social networks, photo uploading, and blogging increases, the more necessary it becomes to understand risks at hand. Do you know the populations at risk when it comes to online soliciting? How about the risks associated with certain platforms on the web? These are just some of the concerns parents and youth should confront and become as aware of as possible!

Let Us Prevent Online Risks With Knowledge!


DID YOU KNOW?

  • There are over 100,000 web sites offering child pornography

  • 79% of teenagers admit they aren’t careful when giving out personal information online

  • 64% of teenages admit that they engage in online activity that they wouldn't want their parents to know about

  • One in Five Children are sexually solicited online and only 25% of those confided in a parent

  • 89% of sexual solicitations occur in chat rooms or through instant messaging





WATCH THESE

video link to MSNBC dateline experiment: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/6089037#6089037

video link to internet caucus panel in DC on predators: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/05/11/just_the_facts.html


LAWS FOR OUR PROTECTION:

Protect Our Children Act
Sets requirements for Internet companies to report incidences of child pornography.

Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act
Requires a sex offender to provide the National Sex Offender Registry with all of his Internet identifiers, such as e-mail addresses.


Sex Offender Registries

http://www.familywatchdog.us/

www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/registry.htm

http://www.registeredoffenderslist.org/

ADULTS

Ask your children questions about their internet use

Make clear cut rules about usage

Make sure your child knows that it is ok to discuss serious issues that may arise

Monitor pictures your child takes and or posts

Utilize search engines and software that have censorship capabilities
check out this website for some software options:
http://www.wellresearchedreviews.com/computer-monitoring/?id=58&s=google&gclid=CMmq_aPD85kCFcxL5QoduTpBPw

CHILDREN

Do not converse with strangers online who are not in your age group

Sensor your profile content (do not include personal characteristics or info)

Ask your parents questions when curious about different things

Avoid content that you wouldn’t feel comfortable letting your parents know about
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 13, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    If you REALLY want to keep your kids safe online, you need to know what they are doing on the computer, and what is happening in their online lives. Blocks and filters are easy to get around. But if you have monitoring software, like our PC Pandora (www.pcpandora.com), you will know everything they do and will be able to talk to them about it. If you aren’t monitoring and don’t know what they are really doing, how can you be sure they are safe?

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  2. Online PredatorsAugust 9, 2012 at 1:08 AM

    Kids safety is very important and needed for all parents.Online predator is very harmful for our children.We should take a action for our kids online safety.

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