kshirley | 
February 24, 2008| 
I often get asked for recommendations on suitable software for parents to be able to control what it is that their kids are doing on the Internet. To be fair – the questions are usually more how to protect the children rather than “control”. As I’m more involved in the commercial area’s of technology (and gadgets) it’s not something I knew a lot about.
I’m glad to see that the Department of Justice, Equality and Law reform has been working with the Internet Advisory board to release some new guides.
The first is a parents’ guide to social-networking websites and is about understanding social networking sites to help protect your child online.
The second is a parents’ guide to filtering technologies and is about understanding filtering technologies to help protect your child online. (It’s a little embarassing however that both the IAB and the depertment of justice spell filter as Fitler in the link)
The third one is a parents’ guide to new media technologies and is about understanding and sharing the new media technologies with your children.
The guides are published under the group titles of Get With IT.
The documents are actually quite large so you may find them difficult to read online. I’m expecting to get my hands on some printed copies soon – please let me know if you would like some.
