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

Sat Feb 14 05:00:43 PST 2009

Have also a look at what FOSI is doing in this regard : www.fosi.org

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Lucy Lynch schreef:
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Bill Graham 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/
>
> There is also some great work going on in the on-line identity space.
> see for example: http://kidsonline.podbean.com/
>
> and a US business built on child safety and parental consent
> http://privo.com/
>
> a little further afield, you might be interested in set of media
> literacy resources housed here:
>
> http://interact.uoregon.edu/medialit/mlr/home/
>
> - Lucy
>
>> 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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