Think B4 U Post Safer Internet Day February 9

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Sfer Internet Day 2010.jpgCTIA-The Wireless
Association and The Wireless Foundation joins more than 60
countries to recognize Insafe's 7th Annual Safer Internet Day
on Tuesday, February 9th.

This year's theme, "Think B4 U
Post!" is focused on educating and empowering children and teenagers to
manage their online identity, including safe and sensible publishing of
pictures and videos.

Anything
anyone posts online remains there for an indefinite period and
accessible for everyone. This can have serious consequences. Children and teenagers need to be made aware that they can control their online identity.

CTIA, The Wireless Foundation, and our member companies have developed a
number of wireless online safety initiatives and partnerships to educate
and equip parents with the resources they need to keep their kids safe
in a mobile environment.

Together with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
(NCMEC), CTIA and representatives from the wireless industry have
created the Wireless Child Safety Task Force, whose mission is to help
keep wireless devices and services free of child pornography. To
accomplish this goal, wireless companies have continued to prohibit Web
sites believed to contain child pornography from being hosted on their
servers. The Task Force, announced in 2008, has been working to
identify, review, and support actions to further deter child pornography
on wireless networks and services. This has included the exploration of
solutions that can be lawfully executed while safeguarding consumer
privacy.

In addition:

  • Get
    Wise About Wireless:     Developed by The
    Wireless Foundation     in partnership with ConnectSafely.org
    and the Weekly
    Reader Corporation    , this program helps students learn how to
    respond to digital bullies by behaving safely and practicing proper
    cell phone etiquette. Program materials, including a student
    mini-magazine, teacher's guide, and parent take-home pamphlet, are
    distributed each year to thousands of schools across the country as a
    free public service.
  • SAFETY
    Tips    : Using the word "SAFETY" as an easy-to-remember
    acronym, CTIA created six simple SAFETY
    Tips     for parents to start the discussion with their kids about
    their behavior in a mobile environment.
  • Wireless
    Online Safety:     Maintained by The
    Wireless Foundation    , this is an online information resource center
    for parents and educators to help keep children safe in a mobile
    environment. Resources include a parent-child agreement on acceptable
    uses of a wireless device, a list of parental tools offered by
    wireless carriers, as well as other helpful information.

Visit www.saferinternet.org
to learn more about Safer Internet Day 2010. For more information on
keeping your kids safe in a mobile environment, please visit www.wirelessfoundation.org.

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