[LINK] British parents see Internet's corrupting influence

[Michael Skeggs]

It should be noted that Symantec retail a filtering product, which they have
been promoting recently in the UK with the line that you don't know who is
in your children's bedroom (if they're surfing the net).

Regards,
Michael Skeggs 
mskeggs@ozemail.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-link@www.anu.edu.au [mailto:owner-link@www.anu.edu.au]On
> Behalf Of David Goldstein
> Sent: 07 June 2000 05:04
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> Subject: [LINK] British parents see Internet's corrupting influence
> 
> 
> Hi all
> 
> A story sent to me about what British parents think of the Internet.
> 
> Cheers
> David
> 
> British parents see Internet's corrupting influence
> 
> http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/22/ns-15806.html
> 
> One in three British parents see the Internet as more corrupting than
> either television or films, according to the latest research from the
> National Opinion Poll (NOP) 
> 
> The survey -- conducted on behalf of computer security firm Symantec
> -- finds that on average half the time British children spend online
> is without parental supervision. Despite the lack of monitoring,
> parents claim to be concerned about what their offspring are getting
> up to online. 
> 
> Thirty-eight percent believe the Internet to be a more dangerous
> influence on their children's moral wellbeing than television and
> film with 70 percent horrified at the prospect of children viewing
> "undesirable content". The findings bear out earlier surveys done by
> NUA Internet Surveys which found that a third of children online had
> found content that upset or embarrassed them, with over half
> describing the content as "rude". 
> 
> "As a parent myself, I understand the concerns regarding children
> accessing the Internet," says Symantec's UK managing director Aled
> Miles. "The sad thing is that there are unsavoury characters out
> there that use the Internet for illegal purposes, whether it be
> hacking into personal computers, publishing undesirable content or
> using seemingly innocuous Web site addresses for blatantly
> insalubrious activities." 
> 
> 
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