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Article: Safe kids warning: the Web can be hazardous territory for children and teenagers. Try these 22 parent-approved tips to defend them against Internet dangers, from overzealous marketers to online criminals. (Feature Web And You).
- Article from:
- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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Kids can come across malicious marketing, harassing e-mail, invasion of privacy, fraud, and hacking on the Internet. They may even encounter -- or, out of curiosity, seek out -- pornography and gambling sites. Many parents also worry that their kids' activities online could attract unwanted attention. Statistics from the FBI, for example, show that "in 1996, [the agency] investigated 113 online child pornography and sexual exploitation cases," says Angela Bell, a spokesperson for the FBI. "Last year it had more than 1500."
Even though that's a mind-bending 1200 per cent increase, your family isn't defenceless. Nor is the statistic a reason to panic. The Internet ...