Internet Safety Campaign Targets Children

Primary schools will be teaching children as young as 5that he and his wife, Sarah, had experienced a big
to "zip it, block it, flag it," as part of the new internetproblem on internet safety after leaving their younger
safety campaign. This new strategy targets childrenson Fraser unsupervised with the home computer
directly, rather than their parents. The same situationswitched on, in a breach of the safety advice. Last
happened when the Green Cross Code clearlyweek, Frasier had typed out a message in
instructed the children on how to cross the road safelygobbledegook and then pressed "send" while Sarah
in the 1970s.was out of the room, sending the message to all
Experts are afraid that parents are not being strictSarah's followers in Twitter. Calls flooded Downing
when it comes to internet that they are not helpingStreet asking if someone hacked into their private
their children themselves to be aware of internetaccount. Mr. Brown admitted that it was their mistake
safety. According to the campaign:o "Zip it" - tells notthat they were not able to supervise the internet and
to give out personal details online.o "Block it" - informsthey have learned their lessons from that. According to
children not to open e-mails or attachments fromDr. Byron, leaving a child unsupervised on the internet is
people or companies they are not familiar of or blocklike leaving a child at the deep end of a swimming pool
off anyone who sends hurtful messages.o "Flag it" -without proper supervision.
asks them to tell an adult if they find somethingSince inappropriate content are everywhere in the
alarming or frightening them online.internet, parents must be responsible enough to
Starting September 2011, internet safety will become asupervise their children while using the computer or
compulsory part of the national curriculum. Researchface the worst consequence. It's a good thing that
showed that one in the five of the 99 percent of theprimary schools will be teaching children to be careful
children (ages 8 to 17 years) had encounteronline as part of the new internet safety campaign. If
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Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the Unitedis safe and protected.
kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party, revealed