Child Internet Safety Task Force

One only need look at the

One only need look at the random destruction of innocent families by Child Protective Services (especially Illinois DCFS and KIDS HOPE UNITED) to realize the destructiveness of government interference in parenting.

Illinois DCFS is more evil than communism or criminal street gangs or slavery and it is taking decades of work by true Americans to put an end to this vicious bureaucracy.

What has Obama said about Internet Safety?

Now that Obama is in office, what are his thoughts on internet safety, privacy etc?

Obviously the Google boy's love him so I'm assuming Obama's views are okay?

Would love to hear feedback if this conversation is still going on here.

thanks!

Children are accessing porn

Children are accessing porn sites, chatting with strangers, and posting inappropriate content on the web because parents are not doing their jobs. There is a need for a much greater awareness regarding the dangers presented online, the lack of security measures, the failed/reversed laws, etc.

Government and Family

The government should stay out of parenting issues. One only need look at the random destruction of innocent families by Child Protective Services (especially Illinois DCFS and KIDS HOPE UNITED) to realize the destructiveness of government interference in parenting.

Illinois DCFS is more evil than communism or criminal street gangs or slavery and it is taking decades of work by true Americans to put an end to this vicious bureaucracy.

Poor Parenting not Predators are to Blame

Michael,

The biggest threat facing children and teenagers on the internet today is not cyber predators but rather irresponsible parents. Children are accessing porn sites, chatting with strangers, and posting inappropriate content on the web because parents are not doing their jobs. The solution to solving the problem of minors on the internet does not involve more intense policing rather it involves holding parents criminally responsible when a child accesses porn, posts inappropriate material, or meets a predator offline.

If my child burns himself on the kitchen stove and I have to take him to the hospital, then the first thing that is going to be asked is: where were the parents when this happened? If the hospital staff doesn't feel the correct answer is given, then the matter is referred to a child welfare agency. When a child meets a predator from online in the real world and gets molested, then the parents are called a VICTIM along with the child. This is utterly insane. The parents of these kids should be arrested and charged with a criminal offense for not properly supervising the child's online behavior as well as keeping tabs of the child outside the home.

Until police begin to file criminal charges against the parents of children victimized online, then there will not be solution to this problem. Instead, responsible adults who use the internet will be punished in the name of "saving the children." I really wish that yourself and other members of the news media would start holding parents accountable for poor parenting and not blaming the big corporations for parental malfeasance.

Chuck Paugh
Portland, OR

Internet Safety Task Force

Do children at Disneyland enter on rides in which they do not meet the child protection security requirements? (No, or they would simply slip under the security bars.) Do adult book stores allow children to wander and shop? No. Do bars let children drink alcohol? No. Do movie theaters allow young children in adult rated movies? No. In all areas of society, child protection laws are necessary to shield the innocent. . .Which INCLUDES the Internet (which is lacking greatly).

It's enlightening and frightening to research the FAILED and REVERSED bills/laws in the last 12 years pertaining to the Internet and child protection. There is a need for a much greater awareness regarding the dangers presented online, the lack of security measures, the failed/reversed laws, etc. How simple would it be to use a credit card to access pornography, MySpace, or Facebook etc., on the Internet? This would protect a larger majority of young children today that have been exposed to adult images, sexual predators, pedophiles, etc.,

MySpace has responsibilities and potential security measures that have NOT been implemented in the last 2 years. To claim that child "email verification" is a "security measure," when a child/teen can create a new email address in 2 minutes is absurd. It is hopeful that the "Task Force" will generate and eventually implement ideas that will be productive and beneficial. Hopefully the Task Force(27 businesses/non profits) will not creat a "blame game" web if action is not taken and enforced. It looks as if this move may diffuse a current focus on MySpace and spread it to others.

Any protective measures which have been installed in the home computer in an effort to keep children from predators, pedophiles and pornography have been growing obsolete with increasing technology and tech savvy teens (Sadly, years ago Kristin's brother informed that AOL filter/block did NOT work properly). There will soon be wireless online access on every cell phone, in every coffee shop, library, school campus, friend's home, etc . . .The problem has been creeping out of the parent's control, and laws are NOT keeping stride with the growing technology. Children and teens are keeping stride . . .Bypassing blocks, passwords, security software, etc.

Security measures provided by social networking sites (example:credit card requirement) will not be as easily manipulated by savvy teens as security software/passwords installed on the home computer by parents.

Pedophiles and perverts create domain names that attempt to duplicate a common domain site targeting toward children/teens typing typical spelling errors, for the purpose of exposing young people to pornography!! It pays for them financially . . .At the expense of children !!!!

PARENTS: Examine the Internet threat to your children since 1998-The reversed child protection laws, the failed bills . . .Look at the injustice and FIGHT FOR CHANGE !!!
The impact upon our children has been slow and seductive, too often resulting in DEAD LEGISLATION AND DECEASED CHILDREN.

There were LAWS that protected children in society prior to the Internet. THE INTERNET TODAY IS VOID OF THE SAME PROTECTION for our children !!

Without child protection laws in place and security measures / responsibility taken by the MySpace (the "Disneyland" of the Internet), it is NOT ENOUGH for mom to be home every day putting the children first. It is NOT ENOUGH to be loving, educate and warn of all dangers. . . Internet sexual predator dangers, expoure to pornography, and bullying. IF parental education were enough for typical teen, Kristin Helms would still be alive.

Pertinent and correct facts, the obvious and clear desire to aid other families, and a glimpse of the profound love Kristin experienced in her short 16 years of life can be found at:

Kristin Helms Internet Safety Foundation
www.kristinhelmsfoundation.org

In Loving Memory of:
Kristin Danielle Helms
June 5, 1990 - July 16, 2006

Internet Safety Task Force

Thank you for your interesting summary of the new task force. When I originally read the press release I had to stifle hysterical laughter. I'm sure that they have finally figured it out!!! An electronic solution! Wow! That is sure to stop those young kids from being online.... Yep .. that's right. Let's provide parents and social networks with more unusable electronic leashes. What happened to providing "parenting" instruction to these parents so that there is no reason for the kids to do anything bad without being aware of the consequences? I don't know what the task force costs but it is a band aid solution at best (and a leaky one at that). Do they really think that better electronic solutions are going to do anything at all to this generation of techno-savvy kids? You may as well try to hold your hands up to stop a tsunami. Within a few minutes of instituting any electronic barriers, the kids will have a “work-around” posted on their MySpace page and on a variety of websites that already have work-arounds for other electronic “solutions.” Perhaps parents would be better served to read my book: “Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation” for information on “real” solutions that involve no electronic barriers. More information about my work can be found at http://www.Me-MySpace-and-I.com