Internet Safety in Kansas
Giving credit where credit’s due… this story is left over from last week. Kansas Attorney General Stephen Six has unveiled www.NetSafeKansas.com, a new Internet safety Web site that hopes to educate children, teens, parents and others about threats they face online. Each section is age appropriate.
Obviously it’s a work in progress, as the site is pretty bare bones right now – however, it’s a great step and we applaud our Kansas brethren for keeping families safe online in the Sunflower State.
Though we’re not listed on the website, you should know that you can use monitoring software programs like PC Pandora to keep your kids safe online. In addition to all the tip sand educating yourself, know that technology is here to help monitoring your child’s Internet activity – and we are the technology. Check out our PC Pandora 5.0 and see for your self!
Hey, they may not be completely forward thinking in enforcing the teaching of “creationism” and “intelligent design” over actual hard fact and scientific proof, but at least they care about kids on the Internet!
Here’s just one of many stories on this bit of news:
Kansas Attorney General Stephen Six unveiled a new Internet safety Web site this afternoon aimed at educating children, teens, parents and others about threats they face online.
“This is a Web site that is going to give Kansas kids and their families tools to use and learn and teach them how to be safe on the Internet,” Six said during a press conference at the Breidenthal Community Center for Youth & Families in Kansas City, Kan.
Earlier Thursday, Six made a similar stop at a Boys & Girls Club in Topeka.
The new Internet site, www.NetSafeKansas.com, has sections for kids, teens, parents and consumers.
“Each of the areas will take you to information that is appropriate for your age group or for whatever your interest is,” Six said.
He said the kids and teens sections provide information that focuses on threats of cyber bullying, cyber stalking and social networking Web sites. Included are tips on how children can protect themselves online and how to report improper or illegal activity on the Internet.
The parents section contains ideas about what to watch for with their children, while the consumer section will have current information on new scams and frauds as well as tips on how consumers can protect themselves, Six said.
“As we have increased convenience from the Internet, unfortunately criminals are using these same avenues to try to inappropriately contact kids and to scam Kansas families and seniors out of their hard-earned money,” Six said.
Six said he plans to renew his efforts to get additional funding to expand his office’s cyber crime unit. He had sought additional funds in late February, however, the Kansas Legislature did not appropriate the funding.
“Prosecution is a challenge because sometimes the perpetrators are in other states or other countries,” Six said. “But if we could get the Legislature to fund a prosecution side of this, I’m confident we could prosecute some people and make it known you can’t do these types of things in Kansas.”
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