FBI Can Only Do So Much
The article at Connpost.com claims that protecting kids online is "nothing new" for the FBI.
And anyone who has children should be grateful for the work of those special task forces who hunt down Internet predators.
Last year 1500 predators were brought to court by Federal Prosecutors, thanks to the work of special child protection agents like those mentioned in the article.
But what they fail to mention is equally as important as what does get discussed: The FBI can't keep up.
Let's think about it. If 65% of the nation's 10 to 13 year-olds use the Internet, and 40% of 16 to 17 year-olds are online at least 10 hours every week, that's millions of kids online in this country on a weekly basis.
Now, we also know that the FBI estimates that 20% of all of these kids will be solicited for sex online. That's 1 in 5 - we're talking about thousands and thousands of kids.
There's just no way that the FBI can keep up with those kinds of statistics, which explains why they suggest that nothing beats parental supervision...
And parental control software.
This is exactly what makes Awareness Tech's WebWatcher so useful for parents today.
It's impossible to be too careful with your children.
And anyone who has children should be grateful for the work of those special task forces who hunt down Internet predators.
Last year 1500 predators were brought to court by Federal Prosecutors, thanks to the work of special child protection agents like those mentioned in the article.
But what they fail to mention is equally as important as what does get discussed: The FBI can't keep up.
Let's think about it. If 65% of the nation's 10 to 13 year-olds use the Internet, and 40% of 16 to 17 year-olds are online at least 10 hours every week, that's millions of kids online in this country on a weekly basis.
Now, we also know that the FBI estimates that 20% of all of these kids will be solicited for sex online. That's 1 in 5 - we're talking about thousands and thousands of kids.
There's just no way that the FBI can keep up with those kinds of statistics, which explains why they suggest that nothing beats parental supervision...
And parental control software.
This is exactly what makes Awareness Tech's WebWatcher so useful for parents today.
It's impossible to be too careful with your children.
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