WASHINGTON, Oct 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Child Safety Coalition focuses efforts to protect the safety and security of children during the last week of October, Cyber Security Awareness Month
Today marks the beginning of Stop Internet Predators Week, the last week of Cyber Security Awareness Month, as part of a new campaign by Stop Child Predators to raise awareness nationwide about emerging technologies that threaten the safety and security of children.
Parental Monitoring Software Online will help you to monitor your kids online so that you know they are safe from internet predators. Go to www.monitoringsoftwareonline.com for more information.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Online Sex Prowlers Meet the Law
By TAMMY VIGIL
GOLDEN - We all know predators scour for victims online. Now, they've found an easier way to get to your kids.
It should be a big concern because investigators say the number of predators online is increasing.
In four years, agents with Child Sex Offender Internet Investigations out of the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office arrested 200 sexual predators.
Typically, I use the computer for homework assignments," says 13-year-old Taylor Floming. She also checks her e-mail. But she stays away from where internet predators hide.
"I don't typically go on to chat rooms. My parents don't allow me to do that. And I don't have a MySpace or Facebook account, she says.
"I go anywhere kids go. I hang out in online game rooms. Online game rooms are very popular with online sex offenders," says Mike Harris, lead investigator of Child Sex Offender Internet Investigations or CHEEZO.
But, he poses as 30 different underage girls. "I have a couple of pictures of me, allegedly of me, as a 13-year-old in a bikini," he says. "Bad guys do exactly what I do to trick kids. They do it for a different purpose." Full Story
Everyday we keep seeing more and more of these stories suggesting that the number of internet predators is going up. It is impossible for police to monitor the entire internet. It is imperitive for parents to be involved in Child Internet Safety.
We have put together an information website on Internet Safety and reviews of the best Internet Monitoring Software. Visit his website at www.monitoringsoftwareonline.com
GOLDEN - We all know predators scour for victims online. Now, they've found an easier way to get to your kids.
It should be a big concern because investigators say the number of predators online is increasing.
In four years, agents with Child Sex Offender Internet Investigations out of the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office arrested 200 sexual predators.
Typically, I use the computer for homework assignments," says 13-year-old Taylor Floming. She also checks her e-mail. But she stays away from where internet predators hide.
"I don't typically go on to chat rooms. My parents don't allow me to do that. And I don't have a MySpace or Facebook account, she says.
"I go anywhere kids go. I hang out in online game rooms. Online game rooms are very popular with online sex offenders," says Mike Harris, lead investigator of Child Sex Offender Internet Investigations or CHEEZO.
But, he poses as 30 different underage girls. "I have a couple of pictures of me, allegedly of me, as a 13-year-old in a bikini," he says. "Bad guys do exactly what I do to trick kids. They do it for a different purpose." Full Story
Everyday we keep seeing more and more of these stories suggesting that the number of internet predators is going up. It is impossible for police to monitor the entire internet. It is imperitive for parents to be involved in Child Internet Safety.
We have put together an information website on Internet Safety and reviews of the best Internet Monitoring Software. Visit his website at www.monitoringsoftwareonline.com
Abbott wants online predator registry expanded
AG would add offenders' e-mail address, Web ID
By LISA SANDBERG Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
AUSTIN — Aiming to crack down on cyber-predators, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Wednesday said he wants to expand the state sex offender registry to include e-mail addresses and Internet screen names.
"Parents could check all the e-mail addresses sent to and from their children's computer to find out if their children are communicating with a sex offender," Abbott said. He said his proposal would provide Texans with the "most comprehensive reporting requirements in the country" and said it would provide law enforcement, and ultimately the public, "with new and better tools to track and monitor sex offenders."
In Texas, there are some 53,000 registered sex offenders.
The attorney general's plan would need the Legislature's approval. Abbott said he planned to meet with lawmakers in the coming weeks.
Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, chair of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, said
Full Story..
By LISA SANDBERG Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
AUSTIN — Aiming to crack down on cyber-predators, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Wednesday said he wants to expand the state sex offender registry to include e-mail addresses and Internet screen names.
"Parents could check all the e-mail addresses sent to and from their children's computer to find out if their children are communicating with a sex offender," Abbott said. He said his proposal would provide Texans with the "most comprehensive reporting requirements in the country" and said it would provide law enforcement, and ultimately the public, "with new and better tools to track and monitor sex offenders."
In Texas, there are some 53,000 registered sex offenders.
The attorney general's plan would need the Legislature's approval. Abbott said he planned to meet with lawmakers in the coming weeks.
Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, chair of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, said
Full Story..
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Safe Surfin'
Safe Surfin'
Margliano teaching parents how to keep kids safe on Internet
By Jeanne Millsap
Herald Correspondent
CHANNNAHON - Even the most well-behaved, technology-savvy kid can be fooled into hooking up with a sexual predator on the Internet, according to Detective Sergeant Dave Margliano, chief investigator of the Computer Crimes Unit in the Will County State's Attorney's office.
There are predators out there who live to sway a child or teenager to meet with them or to run away with them or even to send them compromising photos.
“They even have their own chat rooms,” Margliano said, “where they tell each other what to say to the kids online to get them to come around. They converse with each other about their victories and their conquests.
“There are Internet predators out there who will take advantage of your children no matter how intelligent or savvy your children are.” Full Story ..
All schools around the country should be taking a proactive solution like this school having people come in and educate parents about child internet safety.For reviews of Internet monitoring software visit Visit www.monitoringsoftwareonline.com
Margliano teaching parents how to keep kids safe on Internet
By Jeanne Millsap
Herald Correspondent
CHANNNAHON - Even the most well-behaved, technology-savvy kid can be fooled into hooking up with a sexual predator on the Internet, according to Detective Sergeant Dave Margliano, chief investigator of the Computer Crimes Unit in the Will County State's Attorney's office.
There are predators out there who live to sway a child or teenager to meet with them or to run away with them or even to send them compromising photos.
“They even have their own chat rooms,” Margliano said, “where they tell each other what to say to the kids online to get them to come around. They converse with each other about their victories and their conquests.
“There are Internet predators out there who will take advantage of your children no matter how intelligent or savvy your children are.” Full Story ..
All schools around the country should be taking a proactive solution like this school having people come in and educate parents about child internet safety.For reviews of Internet monitoring software visit Visit www.monitoringsoftwareonline.com
Bush Signs Two Online Predator Bills Into Law
President Bush signed into law two bills that will make it much harder for child molesters to lurk with anonymity on the Web, especially at social networking sites. The new law, called the "Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2008" or the "KIDS Act of 2008," requires registered sex offenders to provide "Internet identifiers", including e-mail addresses, to state sex offender registries. Those identifiers will also be used by social networking sites (presumably at the request of authorities) to identify suspect users at the National Sex Offender Registry.Full Story
This is an important step for Child Internet Safety lets hope we continue to see more resources to protect our children online.
This is an important step for Child Internet Safety lets hope we continue to see more resources to protect our children online.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month so we are gonna reiterate some internet safety points. Communicate with your kid often without fear of punishment about what they see and read while on the internet. Try to keep the computer out of bedrooms and in an open room. Use Parental Control Software to monitor what they are doing while using the internet. This will block inappropiate content and allow you to randomally make sure they are following proper safety rules.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
DPD arrests online predator
Imagine your 14-year-old child or grandchild going online to chat on Facebook or MySpace or some other public forum or chatroom. They meet someone who seems pretty cool, kind of interesting, who is interested in them. The conversations get more personal, and soon the other person is sending inappropriate photos or even asking the teenager to meet someplace to get closer.
Sometimes the other person — an adult — is up front about his age, but often, he hides behind a false age, saying he is 15 or 16, and your teenager doesn’t learn the truth until it is too late.
That happens often, as seen on the NBC program series “Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator,” but while it may seem to happen “somewhere else,” the truth is that it happens anywhere and everywhere, and any child — boy or girl — is a potential victim of an online predator. Full Story
Sometimes the other person — an adult — is up front about his age, but often, he hides behind a false age, saying he is 15 or 16, and your teenager doesn’t learn the truth until it is too late.
That happens often, as seen on the NBC program series “Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator,” but while it may seem to happen “somewhere else,” the truth is that it happens anywhere and everywhere, and any child — boy or girl — is a potential victim of an online predator. Full Story
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Child Safety Coalition Announces Stop Internet Predators Awareness Week
WASHINGTON, Oct 01, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- During the last week of October, Cyber Security Awareness Month, campaign will focus efforts to protect the safety and security of children
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Stop Child Predators announced that the final week in October - which is already designated Cyber Security Awareness Month - will be Stop Internet Predators Awareness Week, as part of a new campaign to raise awareness nationwide about emerging technologies that threaten the safety and security of children. Full Story..
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Stop Child Predators announced that the final week in October - which is already designated Cyber Security Awareness Month - will be Stop Internet Predators Awareness Week, as part of a new campaign to raise awareness nationwide about emerging technologies that threaten the safety and security of children. Full Story..
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