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Posted on 19, August 2008
While parents may fear that their children are chatting to strangers on the internet, a much more common danger today over the internet is cyberbullying. A since survey revealed that more than 40 per cent of teens have experience some form of cyberbullying in the last year. Cyberbullying can be extremely damaging especially to young children. Net Nanny allows parents to protect their children from dangers lurking on the internet.

Posted on 12, August 2008
A survey conducted by Myspace and commissioned by UK-bases analysts The Future Laboratory, reveals that young adults are reducing the amount of television they watch however are spending more time surfing the web and using social networking websites. It hard to monitor the amount of time your children spend on the internet as it is well and truly a thing of the future although you can monitor how your children are using the internet in order to keep them safe. Net Nanny helps close the gap and create a dialogue with kids and parents about internet safety concerns.

Posted on 05, August 2008
Net Nanny has long been the choice of informed, proactive parents who wish to provide complete protection for children on the internet. This opinion has been reinforced as Net Nanny has for the fourth year running received the "Top Ten REVIEWS Gold Award" for Internet Filter Software. Taking the award ahead of Cyber Sitter and CyberPatrol, Net Nanny software has been praised as cutting edge technology with non-technical settings and reports, therefore perfect for all parents, no matter what level of computer skills they possess. Net Nanny achieved the highest possible rating for each it's Feature Set, Ease of Use and Ease of Installation, as well as passing all tests for filtering effectiveness.

Posted on 29, July 2008
How would you like to be able to limit the time your teenager spends on the internet effectively, and without having to nag constantly and watch them like a hawk? All you need is Net Nanny. Net Nanny uses state of the art software to provides you and your family with effective and easy to use internet filtering and so much more. It's time management function allows you to set a limit to the amount of time children spend on the internet- no ifs or buts, no arguments required, their session is ended when the time limit is reached. Other features include parental reports on what sites your children are accessing, and trying to access, and for real piece of mind, you can see transcipts of all real time messaging, so you can identify any suspect or predatory contact before it comes to harm.

Posted on 22, July 2008
Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has quoted results from the Australian Communication and Media Authority's recent report on Internet safety for children in defense of the government's plans to establish mandatory ISP filtering. The report found that many parents are concerned about their children's internet usage and find it difficult to monitor and manage. They are concerned about how easy it is for children to access innappropriate content. In support of parental concern is the fact that of the children surveyed, 38% say they have accessed sites their parents wouldn't approve of. Mr Conroy claims that while parents understand it is their responsibility to protect their children from malicious behaviour on the internet, they also expect help from the government.

Posted on 15, July 2008
There are fears that Kevin Rudd's plans to implement mandatory internet provider filtering may cripple Australia's developing high speed broadband network. The very same network his government is promoting as a critical component to the future of our economy. The move is in response to parent's fears for their children's safety on the internet- a valid concern with ample inappropriate material such as pornography just a click away from a child's attention, and the increasing number of internet based predators prowling the net. However many internet security experts agree there are better ways of managing the safety of children whilst on the internet. There are a number of excellent Internet security programs, such as Net Nanny, that are inexpensive, easy to use and provide comprehensive customised security for families.

Posted on 08, July 2008
Educations Queensland's plan to establish a student register online has parents and internet safety experts concerned about possible safety risks. The register would include a picture of children, along with other vital information that would potentially allow predators to identify children and the school which they attend. The Education Department defends it's plans stating that the system will be safe and makes the transition for students who may need to transfer from one school to another easier, but internet security experts atest that the system is fraught with risk. Information would be accessible to hackers with university level computer skills, and could lead to children or schools becoming prey to paedophiles or other predators.

Posted on 01, July 2008
An Australian survey has found that 20% of children with access to the internet have been exposed to pornography or communicated with a stranger online. With children as young as pre-school age using the internet on a daily basis, these statistics highlights the need for ongoing education for both children and their parents. Pornography is most frequently access through pop-up advertisements, while children who use instant messaging are 3 times more likely to come into contact with strangers and potential predators.

Posted on 24, June 2008
Recent research has revealed that "server based" filter programs (run by internet providers) are generally difficult to maintain and their performance depends largely on how they are set up and fine tuned - so if you have children accessing the internet do not rely on these filters for their safety. Check the features of such programs carefully and assess whether you need to add extra features, or purchase comprehensive and easy to use and maintain software such as Net Nanny to ensure that you are providing the best possible protection for your children.

Posted on 17, June 2008
Parenting experts are encouraging parents to teach their young children how to use the internet safely by spending the time with them to monitor their use of the internet, teaching them how to use the internet safely, responsibly and enjoyably, and by learning about the internet themselves if they are not already familiar with it. It is essential to install comprehensive blocking and filtering software such as Net Nanny to ensure complete protection for your children. Internet filters can provide real protection from inappropriate content and net based predators who can exploit and befriend children.

Posted on 10, June 2008
Facebook Inc has agreed to joined the Internet Safety Task Force created by MySpace Inc in a bid to boost privacy protections and protect children online. The Task Force proposes to implement new features or design changes to protect children form online predators. Specifically, Facebook intend to continue to enhance age and identity identification tools and provide automatic warning messages when a child is in danger of providing personal information to an unknown adult. These changes have been prompted by the efforts of 49 state attorneys general to increase protection for children online.

Posted on 03, June 2008
Providing a safe environment for children on the home PC is a priority for all parents, however it is a real concern for those who fear their children's computer skills are by far superior to their own. If the thought of downloading complicated internet security programs sends you into a spin, and shopping for content filters, internet blocking software, parental control software, web filters, internet monitoring or content filtering software had your mind boggled, never fear - net nanny is here! Net Nanny is the most effective and flexible internet filter available today, and it's easy to use! Although it does have functions available to personalise your security and remote management tools, it can be used as configured straight out of the box.

Posted on 14, May 2008
How can parents control what their kids buy from an online store. First - the parents need to make sure the kids don't have access to credit cards and bank account information and the kids need education about what is right and wrong. But aside from these things, some stores are taking approaches to restrict children's access to inappropriate, read: adult, content. The internet based iTunes Music Store (owned by Apple) offers movies, music, TV episodes and other digital media to account owners. Accounts are restricted with passwords, but if the parent wants to allow kids to buy SOME content, there are ways to ensure only appropriate content is bought. It's called "Parental Controls" and it's now a standard feature in iTunes to ensure kids are only purchasing material their parents agree to. Parents can simply check boxes to make sure their children do not have access to songs with swearing, violent clips, etc. Soon enough there will be other online retailers who will implement similar content restrictions to help beef up online security for children.

Posted on 07, May 2008
A 61-year-old man deported from Australia to the United Kingdom was placed on the British sex-offenders registry within hours of landing at Heathrow. Horne, who has sex convictions dating back 40 years is required to live in accommodation approved by the police and probation services and must be monitored to protect the public. Because of his long history of convictions it is expected Horne will be placed on the list of offenders who pose the highest risk of causing serious hard to other citizens. It is expected police will bar Horne from contact with children and will keep him away from schools. New proposals from the British government will force Horne to supply police with an email address should he decide to use the internet in the UK, but there is no way to actually stop him getting online.

Posted on 30, April 2008
Social networking site Facebook has lashed out saying that online safety is the responsibility of parents too. Facebook has accepted that it has a part to play in protecting child users of its site, but says regulation can not replace parental supervision. It is essential parents teach their children how to be safe online and to install a web filter to offer another level of protection to stop children accessing inappropriate material and to restrict interaction with adults via chatrooms. It is understood Facebook will make it easier for children to report inappropriate behaviour and the site already encourages members to report suspicious activities and makes it easy to set security settings within the website to protect personal information. While social networking sites are sometimes seen as places where online predators hunt for young children, the two main players in the English speaking world (MySpace and Facebook) have both taken actions to reduce the amount of online danger that exists, but there are still gaping chasms in security through which paedophiles can slip.

Posted on 23, April 2008
Google, owner of the massively popular YouTube video sharing website, has said that allowing a video of a gang rape to be uploaded to YouTube was "a mistake." Google remains adamant it will not screen videos that are posted to the video sharing wesbite despite admitting it allowed a video showing the rape of a 25-year-old mother to stay online for too long. The three minute video showing an attack on a young mother by three youths did breach the website's policy on graphic content, but it was available for viewing by anyone around the world, including children. Parents concerned that their children might stumble across such footage are encouraged to educate their children about the dangers on the internet, and also to install an internet content filter which can help restrict access to objectionable internet content.

Posted on 16, April 2008
As part of measures to increase online safety the United Kingdom government will make it compulsory for paedophiles to disclose their email addresses to police once they have been put onto the sex offenders register. The police will then pass the information to social networking sites with the expectation the sites will bar access to the offenders, or at least monitor their actions. Of course, while a step in the right direction, such restrictions can not possibly stop sex offenders making online contact with underage children and parents are urged to talk to their children about the dangers of online predators. Further protection can be had by installing a parental control filter such as Net Nanny. There are over 30,000 offenders on the sex register in the UK and each offender will be required to give a legitimate email address (if they have one) or face 5 years jail.

Posted on 09, April 2008
Congratulations to social networking site MySpace for taking great leaps forward to protect under age visitors to its site. MySpace, owned by News Corp, has been under mounting pressure to prevent inappropriate content from being uploaded to the site which might be viewed by children. There have been cases of bullying via the site reported too. Probably the biggest initiative undertaken by MySpace is teh fact parents can now submit their child's email address to the site which will prevent profiles being created with that email address. Further, the site will work towards developing ways to better check the age and identity of people who are trying to set up profiles to minimise the risk to children and to prevent them being exposed to material that might be deemed unsuitable for them.

Posted on 02, April 2008
The new Net Nanny integrates seamlessly with "Safe Search" options found in popular search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Dogpile, AltaVista, Lycos, AllTheWeb, and MSN. This means your children can't search on a search engine and even see links to blocked sites. This new feature enables better protection against pornographic images when doing an "image only" search. If a child attempts to turn off the safe search capability from the search engine, Net Nanny will turn it back on in real-time as the search is occurring.

Posted on 08, March 2008
Here's something ironic: the X-rated video sites are suing each other! Miffed by alleged piracy of their adult content, a porn site has taken the step of seeking damages for copyright infringement from a second online porn provider. What does this mean? Well the implications are far-reaching, but the most obvious outcome is that children could be unwittingly exposed to adult content. As the prevalence for X rated material grows, so does the need for family computers to have good parental control software installed. Of course, you can't go past Net Nanny, winner of the coveted PC Magazine Editors Choice Award.

Posted on 01, March 2008
Australian residents MAY benefit from a new program to be rolled out by Australia's largest ISP, Telstra. The new $2 million program is designed to assist parents and children to reduce bullying and harassment of children using the internet and mobile phones. The project will involve grants to organisations which are prepared to tackle cyber safety issues.

Posted on 23, February 2008
Parents and children can work together to maximise the enjoyment of the internet by: * discussing and planning solutions to overcome exposure to unwanted internet material. It oftens helps to have the children involved in the problem solving area. * Parents can educate themselves about filtering, and become more competent in addressing internet safety issues. Basic web searches can give parents plenty of information in just a few minutes. * share solutions and experiences with other families. You'll be surprised how casual chit-chat can develop into some great ideas!

Posted on 16, February 2008
Because we don't always have time to peruse the websites that our children are logging on to, Net Nanny makes the life of a parent that much simpler. Using internet content filters - a standout feature of Net Nanny - Parents can enter a few are even a number of key words, or a websites URL to filter and block lewd and offensive content. This gives them peace of mind that their young ones are not viewing images unsuitable for their innocent eyes.

Posted on 02, February 2008
I'm sometimes asked what "grooming" is. Basically, grooming is a technique used by pedophiles who trawl the web looking for underage victims to take advantage of. As the name suggests, grooming is essentially preparing a child for an encounter. Typically this occurs on the net. Obviously Net Nanny can be of assistance here, because if your home PC has an internet content filter installed, it makes it much harder for your child to be exposed to sites - usually illegal or highly dubious - where the grooming may take place.

Posted on 19, January 2008
I can't believe it. Yet another news article online overnight about a sick individual who was searching for underage s*x using the internet. It astounds me that internet related kiddy porn is so prevalent. Considering how easy it is for parents to access and install internet content filters, such as Net Nanny, there's no excuse not to protect children while surfing online.

Posted on 12, January 2008
According to a recent study in England, 26 popular children's characters, such as Pokemon, My Little Pony and Action Man, revealed thousands of links to porn sites. 30% of the sites were hard-core. (Envisional 2000)

Posted on 11, January 2008
Caution, this will shock: The fastest growing demand in commercial websites for child abuse is for images depicting the worst type of abuse, including penetrative sexual activity involving children and adults and sadism or penetration by an animal (Internet Watch Foundation. Annual Report, 2006). Do you need any other reason to employ an internet content filter?

Posted on 10, January 2008
Here's more shocking resarch. Child pornography is one of the fastest growing businesses online, and the content is becoming much worse. In 2004, Internet Watch Foundation found 3,433 child abuse domains; in their 2006 annual report, they knew of 10,656 child abuse domains (Internet Watch Foundation. Annual Report, 2006).

Posted on 09, January 2008
There are also things known as stealth sites. Many children seeking information on the any subject, may find themselves on a porn site instead of the official site, for example at www.real.gov. Pornographers purchase domain names such as the .com equivalent of a popular .gov or .org website, knowing full well that web surfers are likely to end up on their pornographic site instead of their desired destination.

Posted on 08, January 2008
79% of youth unwanted exposure to pornography occurs in the home (Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later, 2006). This highlights the need for home based defence against malicious and untasteful content.

Posted on 07, January 2008
Twelve percent of all websites are pornographic websites. There are 4.2 million pornographic websites, 420 million pornographic web pages, and 68 million daily pornographic search engine requests (or 25% of total search engine requests) (Internet Filter Review, 2006). Thats means that over 1 in 10 of all websites contain pornographic material.

Posted on 06, January 2008
Every second, $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography, 28,258 Internet viewers are viewing pornography, 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines, and every 39 minutes, a new pornographic video is made in the United States (Internet Filter Review, 2006). When did you last update your internet content filter?

Posted on 05, January 2008
Did you know that world wide, the pornography industry makes US$97.06Bn annually. Wow. No wonder there are so many of them. And no wonder they are so hard to blockout, they must spend millions finding ways to penetrate your computer and infest it with unsightly and unwelcome surprises for your adolescent son to discover. What you need is an up to date, comprehensive and robust system like NetNanny.

Posted on 04, January 2008
It boggles the mind to think what possesses people to publish some of the content that makes up the internet. Who in civillised society really wants to make a bomb? And there's just so much of it, it's impossible to regulate it. The only way you can protect your family, and still allow them to harness the good power of the internet is through an internet content filter like NetNanny.

Posted on 03, January 2008
The main argument against widespread internet filtering is that it will affect the speed of the internet. Telecommunications minister Stephen Conroy downplayed these claims, stating that his government was working closely with industry to ensure no reduction in internet speed occured as a result of filtering.

Posted on 02, January 2008
"Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy says new measures are being put in place to provide greater protection to children from online pornography and violent websites" (ABC News). It's about time legislation moves to protect our families. Due to the sheer volume of nasty material on the web these days it's only a matter of time before our children are exposed.

Posted on 01, January 2008
There are many benefits of children participating in online chat forums, they learn to type quickly and discussion can help develop critical analysis skills. There are however dangers as well. Children can be in danger of under-developing their social skills by relying on Internet chat as their primary source of communication. For this reason Net Nanny comes with a feature that allows you to control the duration of internet time each user is given.

Posted on 31, December 2007
Cyber stalking is when a person is stalked or harassed by a person using email, instant messaging or any web based media. Stalking behaviours can include threats, cryptic messages and sexual innuendo that occur in a frequent and intrusive manner. The usual goal for stalking is to create a sense of fear in the recipient and the motivation is based on control and intimidation. Because NetNanny can control and moniter instant messaging, it can reduce the instance of cyber stalking.

Posted on 30, December 2007
Online 'grooming' is the term used by UK authorities. According to them 'grooming' is "A course of conduct enacted by a suspected paedophile, which would give a reasonable person cause for concern that any meeting with a child arising from the conduct would be for unlawful purposes." 'Grooming' can occur through online chat, mobile phones or by email, and is a cause for grave concern to all parents. An internet content filter like NetNanny provides features that moniter chat and control duration of contact.

Posted on 29, December 2007
It's all well and good to protect ourselves and our families with a great content filter, but the internet is everywhere these days. Education needs to emphasise the decisions making process to children. Almost inevitably, every child is going to come into contact with an unfiltered computer so it is essential for all children to be taught the difference between right and wrong.

Posted on 28, December 2007
Pornography, hate groups, violence, Illegal activity, extremist groups and inappropriate advertising are all forms of content that need to be kept from young viewers. Everything from hardcore pornography to bomb making instructions to recordings of domestic violence can be found on the internet without a great deal of effort. How can we protect ourselves from these threats? With cutting edge internet content filtering like NetNanny.

Posted on 27, December 2007
The Australian Communications and Media Authority have launched an initative designed to provide a comprehensive response to the needs of the Australian community in protecting their families online. The NetAlert website allows concerned parents to make complaints about objectionable material and gives some valuable advice about protecting your family. They also recommend the use of internet content filtering technology. NetNanny provides effective and user friendly internet content filtering.

Posted on 26, December 2007
A current affairs program recently ran a story about a pedafile who used online chat programs like Messenger and ICQ to target unsuspecting children. Yes, people like this do exist and as parents it is our job to protect our children. Internet content filters like Net Nanny, as well as providing content filtering, allow you to control when, how and for how long children are allowed to use online chat programs.

Posted on 25, December 2007
A quick surf of the internet tells me that the global push for internet self regulation is going largley unheeded. I was quite disgusted to find myself looking at some vivid examples of hardcore pornography after punching in a seemingly innocent URL regarding a farm. An internet content filter would have spared me of the terrible sight. Net Nanny is one of the few products you can trust.

Posted on 24, December 2007
Filtering out pornographic content is one of the main reasons parents decide to employ an internet content filter. A recent study found that pornography rated in the top 3 reasons for purchasing a content filter. Content filters like Net Nanny let children surf the internet safely and give parents peace of mind.

Posted on 23, December 2007
The question of government legislation to regulate the internet industry plagues national broadcasting authorities globally. After a study conducted by the Canadian Radio-Television and Tellecommunications commission, Canada has decided that they have no part to play in internet regulation, and as a result Canada has no formal internet laws.

Posted on 22, December 2007
In todays office employers are always looking for ways to improve efficiency and productivity. The internet is an important component to a thriving business, however it is very easy for employees to become distracted by online activities which aren't related to the companies business. Content Protect software by Content Watch is a very effective tool that can restrict time wasting online activities. Using this product an employer can block sites and applications for individuals, groups or all users, as well as protecting confidential information. When put into time/money ratio, the original outlay for ContentProtect is made up in the first week from time saved by employees not using the net for activities outside the parameters of work obligations.

Posted on 21, December 2007
Employees. An essential part to any business but sometimes you could just strangle them! One slight stray from their work duties, or an email sent from a "friend" and bam your whole operating system crashes because of a virus. ContentProtect by ContentWatch is helping business' to stop these unfortunate incidents before they happen by blocking emails and websites that contain dubious and damaging material that can infiltrate hard drives and servers, bringing your business to grinding halt.