Child safety on the internet is becoming more and more important in todays internet. The ease of which information can be found seems to be exponential and the quantity of information is phenomenal. You can practically find out about any topic on the internet. This is fantastic when it is used for the right reasons, but when that privilege is abused we have problems.

With the number of home users getting online around the world increasing dramatically over the last couple of years, unfortunately the education of proper and safe internet usage has not been carried along with it. So there are millions of opportunities for people to exploit those newbies and many of these newbies are children.

Let’s face it, the world is less than perfect and so is the internet. With pornography, hate sites and all the other types of offending websites in plentiful supply it’s easier than ever for your child to find it. Simply doing a search in Google images, for example, can result in a child easily finding pictures of naked men and women very easily. Google and other search engines are helping to protect those searchers by using safe searches that allow certain types of websites and images appearing in search results, but any teenager with limited computer experience can quickly learn how to bypass this.

Over the coming weeks we’ll be releasing some important information that will help you as parents understand the risks and what you can do to protect your family.

So check back soon or RSS the feed to get the updates as soon as they’re released!