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"GetNetWise: You're One Click Away": CDT played an active role helping to develop Internet industry, nonprofit organization, and expert support for the online safety resource "GetNetWise: You're One Click Away" (www.GetNetWise.org). CDT currently serves on the GetNetWise Advisory Board.
GetNetWise is primarily a consumer education project geared toward families. However, it includes both technology and law enforcement resources. The four main components are:
- Guide to online safety with information organized by children's ages, types of activity (e.g., e-mail, Web pages, chat), and types of risk (e.g., meeting strangers, exposure to inappropriate material). The safety guide also includes safety tips for families, children, and teens.
- Searchable database of more than 100 technology tools families may want to use to help shape and guide their children's online experiences, including filtering tools (searchable by various content categories such as graphic violence and sexually explicit material), engines and browsers, and filtered Internet service providers. Families select the features they want, and the database provides them with comprehensive consumer information allowing them to make the best choice for their circumstances and values.
- Educational information on recognizing and reporting online trouble, including telephone numbers and Internet addresses (URLs) for federal law enforcement agencies, state police, and children's advocacy organizations like the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
- Collections of great Web sites for children and families compiled by diverse experts, organizations, and supporters of GetNetWise.
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A key component of GetNetWise is its wide availability. GetNetWise is published not only as a central resource on the Web, but also as syndicated content distributed by major portals and online service providers that, when fully implemented, will reach 95 percent of Internet users.
GetNetWise is also unique as a resource because of the diversity of support it enjoys. The Advisory Board includes all of the following organizations and individuals, representing a broad range of ideological views and interests: Parry Aftab (president, UNESCO Kids Online U.S. Project), American Library Association, Center for Democracy & Technology, Center for Media Education, The Children's Partnership, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), CyberAngels, Enough is Enough, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Larry Magid (founder, Safekids.com), National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, National Urban League, NetFamilyNews, People for the American Way Foundation, Jean Armour Polly (Net-MomŽ), and Progress & Freedom Foundation.
GetNetWise corporate support is equally diverse, including America Online, AT&T, BellSouth, Bell Atlantic, MCI WorldCom, Microsoft Corporation, Commercial Internet eXchange, Disney Online, Excite@Home, Lycos, Inc., MindSpring Enterprises, Inc., Network Solutions, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Zeeks.com, Alta Vista, Ameritech, Association of American Publishers, Cyber Patrol, Dell, IBM Corporation, Information Technology Association of America, Internet Alliance, Internet Content Coalition, Internet Content Rating Association, N2H2, Inc., Net Nanny Software, Inc., Prodigy Communications Corporation, PSINet, Inc., Road Runner, SurfWatch Software, United States Chamber of Commerce, and United States Internet Council.
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