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Kidshield Guide to
Web Filtering
What is web filtering?
Web Filtering tools
are commonly available but the latest research reports that less
than 10% of households with parents use them. Adoption rates
of web filters are at an alarmingly low level, yet most parents cite
that they are worried their children may be exposed to harmful
content online.
Why do I need web filtering?
Did you know that there are roughly 30,000 new pornography links
created every day? And something like 5000 new pornography web sites
registered daily?
Nearly a third of young people
have received unwanted sexual comment online or by text.
Just 7% of
parents know their child has been subjected to such material. 4.2
million websites contain indecent images 100,000 websites contain
indecent images of children
Source: Ceop
"In real life you would protect
your children, so why not protect them on the Internet?"
Did you know that there are roughly 30,000 new pornography links
created every day? And something like 5000 new pornography web sites
registered daily? It is estimated that there are over 1 million
paedophiles actively trawling chat rooms and social networking sites
looking for child targets.
As parents, the team at Kidshield sought out to find
the best software to protect kids online to recommend to our visitors.
We had 5 main objectives:
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It would be easy to install and understand -
even for non IT literate parents
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It would protect children against viewing over
18's material such as pornography sites
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It would allow parents to adjust the software to
suit children of different age ranges
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It would be a reputable and trusted name,
experienced in protecting children online
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It would be reasonably priced allowing most
families the opportunity of purchase
During our trials we tested over 25 popular software
to protect kids online and found very differing results.
Many software to protect kids online either over-controlled and
our kids were frustrated at constant 'barring', or they were so
complicated that we guessed most parents wouldn't take the time to
figure them out.
Our top pick amongst the 25 tested was Net Nanny
which performed head and shoulders above other software to
protect kids online.
Net Nanny is:
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easy to install
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easy to manage
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provides monitoring of Instant Messaging and
Peer-to-Peer Networking and lots more
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costs less than an X-Box or PS2 game
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Did everything we asked and more!
You can purchase Net Nanny directly from the
Kidshield Store for only
£29.99
FREE Trial
Available
Children and young people often place
themselves at risk online by engaging in risky, cybersexual
behaviour. These situations could have been prevented if young users
had been sufficiently empowered to stay in control of their personal
information online or recognise and take steps to protect themselves
from risky engagement with suspicious contacts. Source:
CEOP
Sex
Offenders in your area. Read the UK Mappa 2007 Annual
Report - find the number of sex offenders living in your area.
Sex
Offenders Register. How does the Sex Offenders Register
work?
Children and young people often place themselves at risk online by
engaging in risky, cybersexual behaviour. These situations could
have been prevented if young users had been sufficiently empowered
to stay in control of their personal information online or recognise
and take steps to protect themselves from risky engagement with
suspicious contacts. Source:
CEOPS
What can parents do?
Kidshield believe
that as a parent you should base your decision on how
much privacy to allow a child by thinking about what age you would
allow a child to talk privately on the phone. Apply this same
commonsense approach to online activities. The Internet is
good for our children, it opens up a whole new world of knowledge
that cannot be accessed offline, but it's dangers are there and if
properly educated your children can enjoy the abundance of
technology at their fingertips.
Parents can help keep children and teens safe online by paying
attention to where they go and what they see, experts say.
Parents should get to know the electronic world frequented by
their children
by playing the same games and using the same
Media, including e-mail and text messaging. Education is the key
to keeping your children safe online.
Kidshield believe, as parents, we cannot tackle the whole world,
but what we can do is make a difference in educating and protecting
our children to be aware of personal safety. Web Filtering
programs can help in making a difference.
Join our community at the
Kidshield Forum, we
want to hear your views
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Name
and Shame
illegal content
The Internet Watch Foundation indicates that
the USA and Russia between them appear to host the majority of
illegal child images.
Megans Law
How the US manages it's sex offenders.
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More
Are your children's photographs safe on the Internet?
Read
More
Nannies, Au Pairs and your children's safety...
Read
More
Child Tracking Tools
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More
Sex Offenders Register
How does it work? Do it's powers reach far
enough?
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More
EU Guidelines to Prevent Sex Offenders from
working with children.
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More
Your children's safety on holiday.
Read the Australian report
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The opinion of Downing Street on
paedophiles in your community
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Child Sex Tourism.
Each year, more than one million
children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade.
Read More
NSPCC Briefing on sexual abuse.
Read More
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