[Chapter-delegates] Child Safety and Parental / Institutional Safeguards

Mon Feb 9 11:01:04 PST 2009

Hello Parry Aftab,

As I was drafting a reply to Alejandro I have received  your mail, so I will
say what I intended to say in the mail addressed to Alejandro here.

WiredSafety.org contains a wealth of information that would be of so much
help as we take this work further. [Thanks to Alejandro for the introduction
] I recollect that I sent a message to her in June last year on the subject
of Internet Filtering.

It would be of valuable help if you could guide us and help ISOC India
Chennai handle the task of Children's Safety online.

It would indeed be informative to the Chennai governement, to schools and
the Civil Society here if you could pay a visit to Chennai. Please do share
your concerns off-list about your concerns in accepting the invitation. If
there is any follow up that you wish the Chennai chapter to do locally and
bridge in any way, we will be eager to do that.

We have a few volunteers very interested in this issue, please do help us
move forward on this task further, in a balanced manner.

Thank you ( and thanks, Alejandro )

And Thank you Bill Graham for the Canada resource.

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
President
ISOC India Chennai
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Parry Aftab <parry at aftab.com> wrote:

> Lol...
>
> Happy to help in any way. My bio is attached.
> We are all unpaid volunteers, and operate globally through our computers.
> I also have a place in Canada.
>
> Stopcyberbullying.org, Teenangels.org, Tweenangels.org, netbullies.com,
> cyberlawenforcement.org, wiredkids.org, wiredsafety.org are ours.
> Our stopcyberbullying toolkit comes out next month, for free to schools.
>
> We are hosting a youth run summit at the US senate Feb 25th for the
> industry, policymakers and media.
>
> Alejandro, I am speaking in Cabo in March to the Mexican pediatricians. Can
> you come?
>
> I have written the leading books on cybersafety for the UK, US, Spain,
> China
> and Singapore, and have a cyberbullying guide out in Spain.
>
> Btw, the Chennai government asked for me to do a webinar/event for schools
> there on cybersafety for parents. But I was concerned about the state
> department approach.
>
> I had been asked for by name.
>
> How can I help?
>
> Best
> Parry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Graham [mailto:graham at isoc.org]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 1:39 PM
> To: Alejandro Pisanty
> Cc: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy; Parry Aftab, Esq.; Chapter Delegates
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Child Safety and Parental / Institutional
> Safeguards
>
> Hi,
>
> As you are surveying what is available, you might want to look at the
> Media Awareness Network site in Canada -- lots of good material there
> as well.
>
> http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/web_awareness/
>
> Bill
>
> On 9-Feb-09, at 1:23 PM, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:
>
> > S.,
> >
> > a long-time member of ISOC, Parry Aftab, has excellent insights and
> > experience in this field. Her publications and public interventions
> > are exemplary. And, she doesn't buy all the FUD+control Kool-Aid.
> >
> > Her work is easy to find online, but I'm copying her anyway, as she
> > may want to know why suddenly millions of hits from Chennai start to
> > arrive at her pages.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Alejandro Pisanty
> >
> >
> > .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .
> .
> >     Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
> > UNAM, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico
> >
> > Tels. +52-(1)-55-5105-6044, +52-(1)-55-5418-3732
> >
> > *Mi blog/My blog: http://pisanty.blogspot.com
> > *LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty
> > *Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn,
> http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614
> >
> > ---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, http://www.isoc.org
> > Participa en ICANN, http://www.icann.org
> > .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
> .
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 23:51:02 +0530
> >> From: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <isolatedn at gmail.com>
> >> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Child Safety and Parental /
> >> Institutional
> >>      Safeguards
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> In response to this message Holly Raiche from ISOC AU sent some
> >> pointers and
> >> a link to www.acma.gov.au.which led to resources such as Cybersmart
> >> Kids
> >> <http://www.cybersmartkids.com.au>  I have also found some
> >> resources from
> >> BBC, FBI and other sites and have compiled this press release which
> >> is a
> >> write up + a toned down compilation of the tips gathered from these
> >> sites.
> >> The document is attached in PDF and word formats with a request to
> >> comment
> >> if the statement is 'balanced' enough.
> >>
> >> I have also requested ISOC AU's help in obtaining content filtering
> >> programs
> >> for homes and schools now being freely distributed by the
> >> Government of
> >> Australia. Hope ISOC India Chennai could take more help on more
> >> purposeful
> >> programs from ISOC AU and other chapters as we go.
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
> >> CEO, Turiya
> >> President
> >> ISOC India Chennai
> >>
> >> http://isocmadras.blogspot.com
> >> http://www.circleid.com/members/3601/
> >> http://wealthyworld.blogspot.com
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <
> >> isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello
> >>>
> >>> ISOC India Chennai has a very simple task of coming up with a list
> >>> of
> >>> Online Safety Tips for Children ( below 13 years and below 18
> >>> years ). In
> >>> the Indian context,  a large proportion of these Internet users
> >>> are new
> >>> users so it could be assumed that most of them require very basic
> >>> tips on
> >>> Online Safety.
> >>>
> >>> It is a simple task of drawing up a list of (1) What to do and
> >>> what not to
> >>> do online for Children as also (2) providing tips to Parents and
> >>> Teachers on
> >>> content filtering and even broadly monitoring the below 13's use of
> >>> Internet.
> >>>
> >>> As part (2) of the exercise needs to be carefully approached, I am
> >>> requesting inputs from the Chapter Delegates to guide India
> >>> Chennai with
> >>> information about work done by other chapters in this area, and
> >>> also suggest
> >>> tips in your role as Parents, as Internet Technical experts or as
> >>> Educators
> >>> or as Civil Society participants.
> >>>
> >>> The Chapter would be publishing an article, possibly in one of
> >>> India's
> >>> leading dailies and blogs - tomorrow, so a quick response is
> >>> requested from
> >>> anyone who could find a bit of time.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you
> >>> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
> >>> ISOC India Chennai <http://isocmadras.blogspot.com>
> >>>
> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>> From: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <isolatedn at gmail.com>
> >>> Date: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM
> >>> Subject: {ISOC India Chennai Chapter} Safer Internet Day
> >>> To: isocmadras at googlegroups.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hello
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The twelfth of February was declared Safer Internet Day. The
> >>> initiative
> >>> taken by the European Commission is meant to sensitise society
> >>> concerning
> >>> the (un)safe use of ICT. However, the emphasis lies solely on
> >>> communication
> >>> issues: safe chat, sexual abuse, cyberbullying, pornography on the
> >>> Internet,
> >>> etc...
> >>>
> >>> Syed Nazir Razik of our Chapter has taken the initiative on Child
> >>> Safety
> >>> issues. His proposal, in broad terms, is that we form a working
> >>> group on
> >>> Child Safety and bring in Children, parents, Teachers and other
> >>> stakeholders
> >>> together to debate and work on Child Safety issues with respect to
> >>> Internet
> >>>
> >>> For a start, the chapter will be providing inputs to The Hindu on
> >>> Child
> >>> Safety, in the form of Safety Tips for Children (addressed to
> >>> parents and
> >>> children separately).  The chapter would quickly write to other
> >>> chapters to
> >>> ask what they are doing in this area, and ask for some inputs as
> >>> also do a
> >>> little bit of collaborative work locally to determine what is
> >>> relevant as
> >>> measures in the area of Online Safety for Children.
> >>>
> >>> Inputs are required from Chapter members ( Security Experts,
> >>> Parents,
> >>> Teachers among our members ) on this exercise of drawing up SIMPLE
> >>> safety
> >>> tips ( for instance teach children to log off after browsing in an
> >>> internet
> >>> cafe, do not post pictures in unsafe social networking sites, do
> >>> not share
> >>> information about your physical location among strangers etc..
> >>> And for
> >>> parents of children below 13 years, advise on browser settings,
> >>> content
> >>> filter settings etc )
> >>>
> >>> These inputs are required by Tuesday Noon, sooner if possible.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you
> >>> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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