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Education,not filtering is the key to keep children safe

  • 11-08-2011 2:21pm
    #1
    Dude111
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭


    http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20006868-245.html
    Scaring children about the dangers of the Internet and blocking access to social-networking sites can do more harm than good, according to a report released Friday by a committee tasked by the U.S. government to explore online safety. [more]
    A very good article!!!!!!

    One thing i do know is BLOCKING just causes MOST people to try and get around stuff.. (Which solves nothing)


    Education (rather than blocking) is better NO MATTER WHAT THE TOPIC IS!


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  • #2
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    Dude111 wrote: »
    One thing i do know is BLOCKING just causes MOST people to try and get around stuff.. (Which solves nothing)

    Sometimes that is education though, when my school set up a web filter I learned quite a lot about networking :P.


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