"Internet safety and security are a crucial part of parents' lives in today’s digital world,” says Donna Rice Hughes, President of Enough Is Enough, producer and host of EIE’s award-winning Internet Safety 101
Program to educate and empower parents to protect kids online. “Cyber
security awareness month is an ideal reminder to parents to become more
aware of their children's activities online, discover what they don’t
know and learn how to be their children’s first line of defense. In the
ever evolving digital world where kids are constantly connected and
dangers are prevalent, parents can feel they are playing whack-a-mole in
their attempts to keep kids safe. We encourage parents to have a
reality check and recognize that even the smartest most responsible of
children are not always immune from online threats. This month, EIE
joins hundreds of other organizations to help sure that every parent has
the tools needed to prevent the misfortunes we see in the news.”
Internet
safety is a shared responsibility between the public, corporate America
and government. Parents cannot do the job of corporate America and law
enforcement. This is why EIE continues to press forward with its current
National Porn Free WiFi Campaign
urging American companies offering free public WiFi to their patrons to
voluntarily filter child porn and pornography. In response, McDonald’s
is now filtering their in store WiFi in nearly all of their 14,000 stores and Starbucks has issued a policy to do the same. EIE launched The Children’s Internet Safety Presidential Pledge
asking the Presidential Nominees to uphold the rule of law by
aggressively enforce existing federal laws to prevent the sexual
exploitation of children online, including the obscenity, child
pornography, sexual predation & sex trafficking laws. Donald Trump
signed the Pledge and Hillary Clinton sent a letter of support for the
Pledge’s goals.
Studies have shown:
- Internet safety is the 4th top ranked issue on the list of health concerns for U.S. children and sexting is ranked 6th. C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital (2015)
- 83% of b15oys and 57% of girls have seen group sex online; 32% of boys and 18% of girls have viewed bestiality online.
- In a random sample study over 14% admitted to cyberbullying another person, with spreading rumors online, via text, or email being the most common form of bullying. (Cyberbullying Research Center, 2015).
- 60% of teens who admit to being bullied online have told an adult (compared to 40% last year). Cox. (2014) "Cox 2014 Internet Safety Survey." The Futures Company.
- One in two parents do not use any blocking or filtering software on their children's Internet enabled devices.(FamilyPC Survey, August, 2001)
- 1 in 5 teens have used a private browsing feature so their parents can't see the sites they've visited. Cox. (2014) "Cox 2014 Internet Safety Survey." The Futures Company.
Enough Is Enough® is a national bi-partisan non-profit
organization who has led the fight to make the Internet safer for
children and families since 1994. EIE's efforts are focused on combating
Internet p*rnography, child p*rnography, sexual predation, and
cyberbullying by incorporating a three-pronged prevention strategy with
shared responsibilities between the public, Corporate America, and the
legal community. www.enough.org www.internetsafety101.org
National Cybersecurity Alliance
builds strong public/private partnerships to create and implement
broad-reaching education and awareness efforts to empower users at home,
work and school with the information they need to keep themselves,
their organizations, their systems and their sensitive information safe
and secure online and encourage a culture of cybersecurity.
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