How parents can protect their children from online predators
"Parents should use URL filtering software to control their children's Web surfing. These solutions allow parents to block Web sites that are inappropriate for children," Lawrence Orans, research director at Gartner, told TechNewsWorld.
The Internet is the greatest educational tool since the advent of books, but it is also a sinister playground for prowling predators searching for young prey.
It is particularly unnerving to think that these predators can enter a living room undeterred by locks or alarms, and unseen by parents or the family dog.