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Internet Safety

Following are many links that we have found to contain useful information about Internet Safety, especially as it pertains to children and teens.

• American Family Association
• American Library Association
• Authentic Relationships International
• Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
• Child Lures
• Children's Defense Fund
• Crosswalk.com
  • Seduction by Deceit - Part 1
  • Combating Internet Pornography - Part 2
• Cyberangels
• Cyberbullying- The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use has been established to provide outreach services addressing issues of the safe and responsible use of the Internet. Our goal is to provide guidance to parents, educators, librarians, policy-makers, and others regarding effective, empowerment strategies to assist young people in gaining the knowledge, skills, motivation, and self-control to use the Internet and other information technologies in a safe and responsible manner.
  • Parents Guide to Cyberbullying - PDF format
  • Stop Bullying Now! Information, Prevention, Tips, and Games
• CyberSmart - Empowering students and educators to use the Internet effectively, responsibly and securely
• The Children's Partnership
• Enough Is Enough
• Family Education Network
• The FBI's Parent Guide to Internet Safety
• Focus on the Family
  • Pornography and Children Home Page
  • Going Online: The Communication Gap
  • Going Online: Parents' Efforts to Protect Children
  • Going Online: Youth & the Internet
  • Government Organizations Fighting Child Pornography & Obscenity
• Family Research Council
• Federal Trade Commission - Consumer Information Security - The Federal Trade Commission has created this website for consumers and businesses as a source of information about computer security and safeguarding personal information.
• FilterReview
• From Darkness to Light
• GetNetWise
• HDOP:  Help Delete Online Predators
• i-SAFE America, Inc. - i-SAFE America Inc. is the worldwide leader in the Internet safety education. Founded in 1998 and endorsed by the U.S. Congress, i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. i-SAFE incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic community outreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place. Please join us today in the fight to safeguard our children’s online experience.
• Kidshield - Protecting Children on the Internet
• Kids Online
  • Harms of Porn
  • How Porn Harms Kids
  • Parent's Safety Guide
  • Youth Safety Guide
• Larry's World - Tips for preventing spam & popups
• Legal Definition of Child Pornography & Federal Child Exploitation Statutes
• Legal Definition of Obscenity & Federal Obscenity Statutes
• Microsoft Resources:
  • Primer for Computer Slang
  • Teen online lingo
  • Online gaming lingo
  • Netiquette 101
• Major Child Pornography Stings
• Missing and Abducted Children
• The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• The National Crime Prevention Council Presents McGruff & Scruff and the Crime Dogs
• NetAddiction.com - Help and Resources for Internet Addicts; Quizzes to determine addiction
• Net Bullies - Preventing and handling cyber-bullying
• Net Family News - A nonprofit public service providing weekly "kid-tech news" for parents and educators in more than 50 countries.
• NetSmartz - The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource that teaches kids and teens how to stay safer on the Internet.  Great activity cards & online games are available to work through internet safety with kids of all ages!
• Obscenity Crimes - A resource for educating the public and reporting possible violations of internet obscenity laws.
• Online Predators
• Plan 2 Succeed
• Play It Cyber-Safe - The goal of this Web site is to empower children, parents and teachers to prevent cyber crime through knowledge of the law, their rights and how to avoid misuse of the Internet.
• Privacy Rights Clearing House - Children's Privacy and Safety on the Internet: A Resource Guide for Parents
• Safeguarding Our Children--United Mothers (SOC-UM)
• Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse - Resources for parents & teachers
• SafeKids - A guide to making the Internet and Technology fun, safe and productive.
• SafeSurf - The original Internet rating system
• SafeTeens - A place for parents and teens to learn how to use the Internet safely. No preaching, just good advice.
• Safety Clicks
• Spector Soft - Computer Monitoring software
• Teenangels - Teenangels is a group of 13-18 year-old volunteers that have been specially trained by the local law enforcement, and many other leading safety experts in all aspects of online safety, privacy, and security. After training for six sessions, the Teenangels run unique programs in schools to spread the word about responsible and safe surfing to other teens and younger kids, parents, and teachers. At the urging of our Teenangel volunteers, a special group of volunteers will be able to continue as Teenangels after they become 18 years old, & a new group of Tweenangels has been formed for those between 11 & 13 years of age.
• Teen Safety on the Information Highway
• Web Wise Kids
• WiredKids.org has many online safety games for younger children and information for children of all ages as well as helpful information for teachers, parents and law enforcement.