Internet security: Safety online for children

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Safety of children

on the Internet

Internet is an

excellent medium that serves not only to inform but to communicate and interact

with others. The possibilities offered by the Internet are endless but, as with

other media, access to the Internet by minors also has its less friendly face: the

little ones can access content that we do not always like them to see.

Surfing the

Internet with children is an important and entertaining experience. Before you

begin you must keep in mind that, like all media, the web should be used

judiciously.

But in an

environment where the child is old enough to enter words on the keyboard and

enter the world of the Internet, parents should monitor and supervise what

their children see and hear, they know and what personal information we share

with other users. This free and uncensored connection to the world can be

really dangerous.

Safe Browsing Children Online

The Web is a

marvel of technology for children, full of exciting and interesting forms of

communication and learning, do not hesitate to take full advantage. Equipped

with sleek computer skills and very curious, children go online with increasing

frequency. Go online to interact with friends, work on school projects and

play. Although the Internet has advantages, it also has its dark side: a world

full of images and inappropriate language, not to mention criminal elements who

hide behind false identities.

Child Abuse

We must reject

bluntly child pornography and display any illegal content. The story is just

beginning to be written, that define children as subjects of law and create the

social conditions for compliance is not easy. It forces us all to re-signify

the value of life, from the simplest issues to the dramatic reality of knowing

that there are hundreds of guys who are still held by appropriators.

Risk figures

The International

Association of Criminology (ICAA), in conjunction with Symantec recently

conducted a survey of 5,000 children in Italian schools from eight to thirteen.

The researchers examined the online behavior of children and their perception

of Internet. The ICAA also surveyed parents and teachers to better understand

children online risks. The study, entitled Survey of perceived risk in Internet

that children have produced the following results:

·

Most

children regularly use chat rooms, newsgroups and other interactive services to

communicate online with strangers

·

Forty-seven

percent of adults occasionally supervise minors in Internet

·

Twenty-seven

percent of children are unsupervised

·

Thirty-four

percent of children never receive advice from parents about what should and

should not do when browsing the Internet

·

Most

teachers are unsure about how to address the issue of Internet and think they

should improve the method of teaching IT skills

Security tools and parental controls

Although education

and communication can contribute a lot to protect their children, not enough.

You need a solid set of security tools and parental controls to facilitate and

strengthen their efforts to protect their children. Finally, we must limit the

scope of our children. We do not want to expose them to risks. For this reason,

the Internet presents a particular challenge: allow our children to explore

while ensuring their safety. Fortunately, with greater involvement of adults, a

little trust and the right tools, protection on the Internet is a challenge we

must afrontar.-

Children and the Internet: do not let them talk to

strangers

The popularization

of the Internet has made the majority of households have computers connected to

the network. At first, surfing the Internet was too expensive to do it for mere

amusement, but the wide range of broadband and flat rates has achieved that in

households where a computer, almost all members of the family have their own

email or seeking information on the Web in a systematic way. Of course, this

includes children and adolescents who have found online entertainment of a

similar magnitude to that television can have. It is not surprising, therefore,

that studies like the one conducted by BBC Online Network ("Little supervision

for online kids in UK"), reveal that only in the UK, 70% of children have

Internet access from home, and these, over 52% invest a minimum of five hours a

week of sailing. And this is not far from what happens in Argentina, with

similar values, which are simply deduced happen at certain times by various

cyber or cyber cafés.-

The Web, a part of

the Internet is a vast network of virtual libraries. However, not all the

contents of these libraries is something you would like to see or would like to

see their children. For example, your 8 year old can write a word into a search

engine. But if by mistake the child writes one word for another, can have

access to thousands of unsuitable pages for children, some with pornographic

material.

The law

conventions for communications 1996 (Communications Decency Act) created

largely for this purpose, was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of

the United States a year later. Law to protect children online (Child Online

Protection Act - COPA), adopted in October 1998, decreed that the use of the

Internet to communicate material deemed harmful to minors is a federal crime,

and made to suppliers Commercial sexually explicit adult materials (such as

pornographic websites) by restricting access to minors. But this also has been

challenged because it limits freedom of expression and prevention measures

(court order prohibiting enforcement) were ordered. And although they have

adopted privacy laws that treat the online collection and distribution of

personal information of children and the need for parental consent, the

Internet is largely unregulated. For example, right now, in most states, it is

illegal for pornographic Web sites Explicit Ads send email (although it may be

illegal in some states if the person knows that sends email address belongs to

a minor).

This means that

the best protection for your child online is you. By talking to your child

about potential online dangers and monitors the use of the computer, give you

the tools to learn to surf the Internet safely.

Watch Forums

Forums are virtual

rooms where conversations are kept. Participants of a forum can be grouped by

interest or topic, such as football or a favorite TV show. They are a great

place to meet people from all over the world and to learn about any topic

instead. Being able to communicate with a person or groups of people makes the

forums are one of the most popular sites on the web, especially among children

and adolescents.

Many children feel

that your computer is a device that can be used for interactive games or chat

with friends. But once you start using the Internet as a source of

documentation for their work, find it much more than a place for games. Any

child or adult who show interest in cyberspace offers can type a word into a

search engine to scan thousands of Web pages. In some cases, the pages that

appear as a search result contain information about pornography, drugs,

alcohol, snuff, gambling, groups that promote hate and intolerance or overt

violence.

According

SurfControl, a provider of software that removes inappropriate materials of

computers in schools and homes, the most dangerous place for a child on the Web

are the forums. Pedophiles (adults sexually interested in children) are common

in the forums. These adults may try to convince children to give them personal

information such as addresses or phone numbers and thus make the children and

families at risk of becoming victims.

The FBI estimates

that children left home alone after school or whose activity on the Internet by

parents is not controlled at greater risk of being sexually exploited on the

Internet. When connected to the internet to "chat" with friends or

hang out, many children spend hours on forums being targeted sex offenders.

These predators often seek children lonely, troubled, that connect to the

Internet in search of a friend.

Warning signs that your child may be a victim

There are warning

signs that may make you think that your child is being targeted by a criminal

on the Internet. Your child may be a victim if you spend many hours online,

especially at night. If calls from unknown or unexpected gifts arrive by mail,

suspect and ask about your contacts on the Internet. If your child off the

computer when you enter your room, ask why and check the hours that connects

more carefully. The isolation of family life and reluctance to discuss their

activities on the Internet are other signs that your child may be the victim of

a sex offender.

How to minimize the risk of your child

There are ways to

censor or monitor your child's access to adult material and minimize the risk

of attracting criminals when browsing the Internet. Experts agree that the most

important for parents and people caring for children can do to protect them

from the dangers of the Internet is to control their activities and educate

them about the risks of cyberspace.

Options

restriction service provider Almost all online service providers (OSP by the

acronym) and Internet service providers (ISP by the acronym) offer parents

control options or blockage. The Member Services section of your ISP or OSP can

help you customize the controls and filters for each of their children. Even if

you choose not to impose control over the Internet activities of your child,

the FBI and the NCMEC advise that at least create a fancy name for your child

and protect his true identity.

Blocker Software

The blocker

software prohibits or blocks access to sites deemed "inappropriate"

that appear on a list established by the owner of the computer and the ISP or

OSP list. The list updates vary by manufacturer. Remember that the number of

new Web pages are published each day exceeds the capacity of any software

company to update a list of "improper sites" and some adult sites

outside the block.

Filtering

Software: Software programs used keyword filtering to block pages containing

these words alone or in different contexts. One criticism is receiving filters

that block sites that are not necessarily offensive. For example, a filter that

blocks pages with keyword "sex" also blocks the pages on

"sexology". Some filters allow parents to choose their own categories

and keywords related.

Tips to protect your children

Parents can

protect their children against online predators and adult material following

some simple safety tips.

Insist that your

children take the following precautions when connecting:

·

should

never reveal personal information such as address, phone number, name or

address of the school. Should always use a fake name.

·

Not

knowing anyone accept a forum in person.

·

Should

not share personal photographs by mail or send photos scanned by the Internet.

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