The story from yesterday with the link posted a few post back was put onto Canada-Stockwatch last night also. This offers tremendous exposure not just within Canada but the world as many US investors read it. Here is the full text. Cheers!!!
Net Nanny president sees need for greater parental involvement
Net Nanny Software International Inc NNS
Shares issued 12,097,248 May 4 close $1.16
Tue 4 May 99 News Release
Mr. Gordon Ross reports,
A story this morning on CBS Radio's national newscast reports that the
Littleton tragedy has "prompted a rush on Internet filters. Netscape says
that Net Nanny Software has become its number two seller on its on-line
sales outlet." Amid reports that the Internet played a role in the tragedy,
Gordon Ross, president and chief executive officer of Net Nanny Software
sees this latest news as evidence that people are looking for solutions in
the wake of the devastating mass shootings. As people continue to examine
what happened and what can be done to help prevent similar tragedies, Mr.
Ross believes that a combination of diligent supervision, common sense
rules and tools, such as Net Nanny, can help parents steer children away
from negative on-line influences.
An early pioneer of the Internet filtering arena, Mr. Ross believes that
the increasing use of the Internet, which for the most part is a wonderful
resource for children, also puts them at greater risk of viewing and
downloading objectionable information (such as the Neo-Nazi literature,
bomb-making recipes and violent games in this case). Greater parental
awareness, education and the use of tools to help protect kids on-line will
help parents feel more confident about managing on-line activities.
"As a parent and grandparent," Mr. Ross said, "I understand the trepidation
parents feel toward the Internet. During these grim days, it seems that the
news has been focusing on the ease of access kids have these days to
homemade bomb recipes, hate literature and Neo-Nazi organizations."
Mr. Ross indicated that parents and others, already distraught over the
horrible tragedy in Littleton, might begin to feel even greater
helplessness when it comes to the Internet.
"Kids may have the advantage of growing up with the Internet and being
familiar with it," said Mr. Ross, "but parents do have ways of finding out
where their kids are going, what documents they are downloading, and with
whom they are speaking on the Internet. The key is to help parents learn
more about what they can do."
Parents and teachers can use filtering programs, such as Net Nanny, he
said, to block access to Web sites, keep a log of words and phrases used
and what sites their kids visit, as well as monitor activity in chat rooms
where hateful and apocalyptic ideas can be exchanged. They can also
regularly monitor their Internet browser's cache and temporary Internet
files to see where kids have been on-line. While filtering tools don't
provide a 100 per cent foolproof solution, they are highly effective when
used in combination with supervision and rules specific to Internet and
computer usage.
Net Nanny employees volunteer their time each month in the Seattle area to
teach parents about Internet safety and computer basics in a class called
"The Internet and Your Child." Volunteer organizer and teacher, Leanne
Shirey, who is a vice detective with the Seattle Police Department, created
the class to help parents understand and manage their children's computer
activities.
"I spend the majority of my time investigating the exploitation of children
both on-line and off-line and watching families deal with the tragic
aftermath," said Ms. Shirey. "I thought that if I could help educate
parents I could prevent the possibility of more children falling prey to
Internet predators and other inappropriate on-line influences."
Children, who are perhaps the best source of information, also have a place
to turn if they notice dangerous behavior being exhibited by their peers.
Through CyberAngels, (www.cyberangels.org), the world's largest Internet
safety organization, they can anonymously report issues of concern if they
don't feel comfortable talking directly to their parents, school officials
or law enforcement. The new KIDReportline is a place where kids can report
directly to executive director, Parry Aftab, Web sites of classmates, which
they believe are dangerous to themselves or to others. For more
information, they can reach CyberAngels by visiting www.netnanny.com and
following the link to CyberAngels or contact CyberAngels directly.
"I believe that it is important for us to inform people about resources
available that allow parents and educational institutions to help identify,
in advance, the kind of obvious disturbing behaviour those two teens
exhibited prior to the incident," said Mr. Ross. "Though the Internet's
true impact on these teens isn't totally clear, it's important that we let
people know that there are tools and resources available to help them
regain some measure of control over what kids are doing on-line. I feel
that we must all share in the responsibility of protecting our kids and
it's during these troubled times, when the world's attention is focused on
the safety and welfare of our youth, that we have an opportunity to help
the public understand more about these issues and what they can do to
become more involved."
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statements.
(c) Copyright 1999 Canjex Publishing Ltd. canada-stockwatch.com
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