Parry Aftab
Parry Aftab
Parry Aftab is an American lawyer and Internet safety expert who founded the Internet safety organization WiredSafety and the consulting firm WiredTrust...
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Most spammers will ignore the state laws, as they have all others.
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It's not about technology, it's about how much you communicate with your kids about what they are doing.
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This is a rich and upper-middle-class problem. They have too much time, too much technology and their parents aren't around to keep an eye on them.
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Parents just want to be able to put controls in place with as little hassle as possible.
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Give the kids 24 hours to clean it up. When I had kids, and they had a party downstairs . . . I would make a lot of noise before I'd go downstairs so I wouldn't catch anybody kissing.
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They don't see a real risk because they're sitting in their living rooms or bedrooms where they don't see anyone there to hurt them.
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As kids become more tech savvy, something has to be done. We can't just tell children not to visit these sites and assume that will be enough. And we've heard that parental control programs are too complex for people, so best of all would be straightforward, easy applications, and some legislation as well.
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They're licking their lips and arching their back for the camera because they can, and they have no idea of the consequences.
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All children? need to have access to the Internet to succeed in life,
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We need to tell the difference between being paranoid and being careful,
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Today's plans from the big carriers don't address parental control issues. There are a lot of parents who want their kids to have cell phones so they can get in touch with them when they need them, but many of them have been holding off buying them phones because they don't feel comfortable.
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Unless we 'think outside of the box' in crafting innovative and immediate solutions, these abuses will continue and escalate.
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With this domain, protections will be built in that aren't in place now. They will be very careful to make sure there's no marketing to children through a number of controls, and that's welcome. We need those measures.
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We have to get our kids to utilize the best Internet filter, and that's the one inside their heads.