RESOURCES

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Studies

The "New" Tube: A Content Analysis of YouTube
Parents Television Council, 12.17.2008

For its first ever analysis of online content, the PTC focused on the most popular YouTube search terms from March through October of 2008 as published by Internet analysts Compete Data Hub. In total, the PTC analyzed 280 YouTube videos. The PTC also analyzed the text commentary prominently displayed alongside “child-friendly” YouTube videos which are found by entering search terms for popular children’s entertainment like the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, High School Musical, and Hannah Montana.

Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies
Internet Safety Technical Task Force

Government

Department of Justice: Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section

Created in 1987, the mission of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) is to protect the welfare of America’s children and communities by enforcing federal criminal statutes relating to the exploitation of children and obscenity.

FBI Parent's Guide to Internet Safety

This guide was prepared from actual investigations involving child victims, as well as investigations where law enforcement officers posed as children.

Private / Non-Profit

The Family Online Safety Institute

The Family Online Safety Institute works to make the online world safer for kids and their families by identifying and promoting best practice, tools and methods in the field of online safety, that also respect free expression.

Morality in Media

A national, not-for-profit organization established in 1962 to combat obscenity and uphold decency standards in the media. It maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law, and conducts public information programs to educate and involve concerned citizens.

Candeo

Candeo™ is an online company whose mission is to educate and train individuals about the realistic, scientifically proven nature of pornographic addiction.

Enough Is Enough

Enough Is Enough (EIE), a non-partisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization leading the effort to confront online pornography, child pornography, child stalking and sexual predation with innovative initiatives and effective communications.

Safe Families

A program of TechMission, Inc., Safe Families was created to help parents protect their children from pornography and other dangers of the internet.

National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families

CP80 Foundation

The CP80 Foundation formulates and advances solutions, strategies, and initiatives meant to evolve the Internet and offer parents better choices for protecting their children from unwanted Internet pornography. From global solutions to home-based help, CP80 has developed the most comprehensive strategies to date.

Childnet International

Childnet International is a registered charity set up in 1995 with the mission to work in partnership with others around the world to “help make the Internet a great and safe place for children.”

The vision of the organisation is to ensure that all those involved in developing, producing, controlling, using and regulating international telecommunications (current and future), recognise and implement policies and programmes which prioritise the rights of children so that their interests are both promoted and protected.

Parents Television Council

The PTC's primary mission is to promote and restore responsibility and decency to the entertainment industry in answer to America's demand for positive, family-oriented television programming. The PTC does this by fostering changes in TV programming to make the early hours of prime time family-friendly and suitable for viewers of all ages.

Tools

American Family Online (AFO)

A Christian Internet filter will spare you spam, porn, viruses, spyware and other undesirable content on your personal computer. Our Christian filtered Internet service is not just another ISP! If you are using another security suite like Norton, McAfee or Parental Controls, there are some big differences in how you and your family are protected. If you are concerned that your computer's Internet safety isn't up to par, you need an Internet content filter that helps protect your Christian lifestyle. Online protection from the AFO web content filter means more security and less worry about having your family values compromised by the Internet.

Bsafe Online

Bsafe's programs filter unwanted content, monitor chatrooms and instant messaging, and protect personal data.

Kidzui

KidZui is a browser and online service that lets kids aged 3 to 12 explore more than 500,000 child-appropriate Web sites, pictures and videos reviewed by KidZui's paid team of parent and teacher editors according to strict editorial guidelines.

Kid Rocket

Instead of letting the browser have access to the whole world wide web and 'trying' to filter out the bad content, like most childrens internet browsers and filtering software do. Kid Rocket blocks out the entire internet and only let the browser access limited, top quality, child related web sites.

Surf Safely

The purpose of this directory is to create a market driven incentive for web developers to voluntarily rate their own content using PICS labels (Platform for Internet Content Selection), and families a single point of reference to find labeled sites allowing them to use PICS filters effectively.

Filter Review

Filter Review was created to assist the average person in making an informed software purchase. Finding the right filtering/blocking or monitoring system is a personal decision. FilterReview.com is here to provide you with information to help you choose the solution which will best meet your needs.

Covenant Eyes

Covenant Eyes is a service based on an accountability system. All the websites visited by the Member are scored specifically for objectionable or mature (pornographic) content and the high scoring sites are presented in an easy-to-read Accountability Report. The Accountability Report is then sent periodically to the Accountability Partner(s). Depending on the content of the Accountability Report, the Accountability Partner(s) may (or may not) decide to discuss the report with the Member.