Internet Safety Service
Like most parents, are you worried about what your kids are seeing on the internet? Concerned about who they are chatting to online? Think they may be spending too much time surfing the web?
The problem is that the internet is also a powerful tool and a resource of information and news. The enormous amount of information and the ability to communicate around the globe are major benefits of going online.
So what are the main threats faced today? Here are the most common:
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Unsuitable Images (Porn)
Recent research suggests that 1 in 3 youths stumble across inappropriate images each year through misspelled web addresses, spam or links on some websites.
And the trend seems to be that this number is on the increase.
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Chat Rooms and Bullying
There are the threats faced in chatrooms or over Instant Messaging - bullying and grooming that can happen from within your own home. |
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Time Spent Online & When
Then there are predators who coax their victims into talking to them for hours and sometimes they make sure it's when their parents are in bed, keeping them online for hours when there is nobody watching. |
