Online Child Safety News - and why Internet filtering software can help.

Every day we read about it in newspapers or hear stories on our local TV: children being approached by adults pretending to be kids online. Sadly, many times these stories do not have happy endings. In addition, the occurrence of online harassment has also increased in recent years and as with sexual solicitation, these incidences often go unreported by the child. Parents are finding it increasingly difficult to protect their kids from these types of situations, however many are turning to computer monitoring and Internet filtering software as a first line of defense.

With SSPro Internet filtering software, parents can finally keep themselves informed as to what content is being accessed on their computers, when it's being accessed and whether or not to filter such content.

Some of SSPro's more popular Internet filtering features include its ability to:

Filter websites based on website address including the ability to define "allowed" and "blocked" websites lists.
Filter websites based on content using SSPro's Internal Pornographic Keyword list or your own user-defined words or phrases.
Filter chat conversations based on content using keywords or phrases. (great for blocking specific chat buddies)

Consider these statistics regarding online sexual predators:

(statistics gathered from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

Approximately one in seven children online (10 to 17-years-old) received a sexual solicitation or approach over the Internet.
Four percent (4%) of children have received an aggressive sexual solicitation - a solicitor who asked to meet them somewhere, called them on the telephone, or sent them offline mail, money, or gifts.
Thirty-four percent (34%) of children had an unwanted exposure to sexual material - pictures of naked people or people having sex.
Only twenty-seven percent (27%) of the children who encountered unwanted sexual material told a parent or guardian. If the encounter was defined as distressing - episodes that made them feel very or extremely upset or afraid - only forty-two percent (42%) told a parent or guardian.
9% of children online experienced some form of harassment.
35% of children online had people on instant-message "chat lists" that the child did not know in person.
23% of children online posted personal information online where anyone could see it.
47% of online harassment incidences occurred primarily when communicating through instant messages.

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