Blocking porn, violence & hate sites.
However, that same parent also should know how easy it is for children to access pornography on the Internet, and how tempting it is for children to do just that when they can get by with it. Depending on the ISP, there are some ways to lock the kids out of porn sites IF the adult can figure out how to do it in such a way way that the kids can't figure out how to undo it.
This family Internet Service Provider has come up with a welcome answer. They filter out porn for everybody using their service. So parents don't have to worry about what their children are learning on the Internet while the kids are home alone.
This is also a perfect answer for schools, too. Both parents and teachers could be comfortable letting students access the 'Net with local access phone numbers (POPS) all over the USA and Canada.
Porn sites sometimes pay per visit (click-thru) so people are looking to make a buck and so they come up with new ways to get people to click on their link. A friend received an e-mail asking for help for a sick child, by clicking on the link, they would receive funds to help his treatment. Sure they receive funds, but from the porn site you were directed to from this bogus message. Someone else recently received an e-mail which directed him to a "kiddie porn" site which he did not realize until it was too late.
Another friend said his teenage daughter was very upset by an image that popped up on the screen when she clicked on a link she thought was something she needed for a school project. He says that image now haunts her...she can't forget it. Things like that can't be undone. They need to be prevented.
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