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

Wed Feb 11 07:07:14 PST 2009

Hello,

Following these resources from Bill Graham and Alejandro Pisanty, I have
compiled another press release for another news paper here, (which required
a new write up different from the one that we sent to The Hindu) and this
one is based more on Parry Aftab's Wired
Safety<http://www.wiredsafety.org/parent.html>and Wired
Kids <http://www.wiredkids.org/index.html>

The press release in PDF format is attached. There is a lot of enthusiasm at
the Chapter level for a major event on Wired Safety, which would take shape
as a program proposal in the next few days with which we hope to approach
Parry Aftab for her presence in Chennai, India, hopefully with an invitation
to ISOC Delhi and ISOC Calcutta to join together with us on this.

Thanks
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM, Bill Graham <graham at isoc.org> wrote:

> 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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-- 
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
CEO, Turiya
President
ISOC India Chennai

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