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

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy isolatedn at gmail.com
Sat Feb 14 05:17:07 PST 2009


Hello Louis Houle,

Thank you for these resouces. We have started working on this theme and have
formed a working group. These resources would be very helpful.

Thanks.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Louis Houle <louis.houle at oricom.ca> wrote:

> Maybe you want to read our study on that subject ?
> http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=2
>
> http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=38
> Governance of audiovisual content and youth protection
>
> Also available in French of course:
> http://www.isoc.qc.ca/tiki-index.php?page=Nouvelles
>
> Louis Houle
> ISOC Québec
>
>
> Alejandro Pisanty a écrit :
>
>> 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
http://isocmadras.blogspot.com
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