Child Safety

A-Better-Child.org - Helping the youth of today prepare for tomorrow. Providing parents, children and teens information on internet safety.
www.a-better-child.org

Be Safe Online - Internet Safety advice for parents, teachers and responsible adults. Encourages child safety through careful online behavior.
www.besafeonline.org/

Be Web Aware - Tutorial and tips for parents on the benefits and risks of being on the Internet.
www.bewebaware.ca/

BrowseControl - Browsing and system management tool, limits user access to websites, protocols, hardware and applications. Limits access based on user, group, time. Remote management capability.
www.browsecontrol.com/

Buddy Browser for Kids - Secure web browser for kids, available free. Includes kid-safe Internet Messenger, and inbuilt resources for education, gaming and fun.
www.buddybrowser.com

Carnegie Cyber Academy - Site created by Carnegie Mellon University that teaches about Internet safety through games and earned awards. Also a resource center for students and teachers.
www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/

ChatProtection.com - Providing safe chat rooms and monitoring for kids and teens.
www.chatprotection.com

CheckIM.com - Provides the ability to trace the location of predators for reporting to authorities.
www.checkim.com

Child Safety FAQ - Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about child safety on the internet.
www.childsafetyfaq.com

Child Safety Network - Providing free tools and information to help parents keep their children safe.
www.csn.org

Child Safety on the Information Highway - Put out by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, this document outlines how parents can best protect their children while still allowing them use of the Internet.
www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm

Child Safety-Net - Promotes "Child Safety-Net" book. Site also has newsletter back issues and links, relating to protection of children online.
surfsafely.com/surfsafety

Childoscope - Organisation promoting integrated European policies on missing and sexually exploited children. An initiative of "Child Focus" (Belgium).
www.childoscope.net/

Children Online - Offers a variety of presentations and programs for schools, students and parents, on subjects such as online safety issues and solutions, and online harassment. Also offers short safety video excerpts for download.
www.children-online.org

Children's Internet Protection Act - US Congress Bill S.97 requiring schools and libraries to introduce filtering software for internet-connected computers.
thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:S.97.IS:

Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) FAQ - Providing information for schools and libraries regarding the Children's Internet Protection Act.
dpi.wi.gov/pld/cipafaqlite.html

CleanMyMailbox - Service providing web-based parental control of the email coming into children's mailboxes.
www.cleanmymailbox.com/parental.html

Common Sense Internet Safety Survival Guide - Information to help kids stay safe and smart while using the Internet.
www.commonsensemedia.org/

Content Purity - Free online tool designed to check computer for objectionable content.
www.contentpurity.com/scanintro.htm

COPA Commission - Information and resources about the Child Online Protection Act.
www.copacommission.org

Crawler Parental Control - Software to monitor and control your child's software usage and internet browsing, regulate the times when they can use the computer and internet, and hide content on your computer that you don't want them to see.
www.crawlerparental.com

Crisp Thinking - Detects 'grooming' of children by online predators by analyzing behaviour patterns including syntax and language style.
www.crispthinking.com

CyberAngels - A resource focusing on Safety matters. Offers guidance for parents, and provides information and solutions to common internet safety issues.
www.cyberangels.org/

CyberCop Guide - A downloadable ebook about Internet child safety. Written by a police detective, it teaches parents to protect their children from becoming a victim, or from victimizing others while on the Internet.
www.cybercopguide.com

Family Guardian - Provides filtered web access. Client is installed on the user's computer and all traffic is redirected through the FamGuard servers, content is analyzed and filtered or blocked before delivery.
www.famguard.net

Family WebWatch - Online safety information and weblog.
www.familywebwatch.com

GetNetWise.org - A public service brought by Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations to help insure that families have safe, constructive, educational and entertaining online experiences.
www.getnetwise.org

hoopaa - Offering a free service for concerned parents to monitor children's activities on the internet. Captures screenshots of websites visited, tracks MSN chat and allows website blocking.
www.hoopaa.com

iKeepSafe - Includes safety, security and ethics tools and resources for helping families and educators teach children to use the internet safely and wisely.
www.ikeepsafe.org

Insafe - Site of the European Union's Insafe network, a part of the EU Safer Internet Plus programme. News, press releases and links concerning Internet safety. Gathers information from the National Awareness nodes involved in the programme. Insafe coordinates Safer Internet Day world-wide.
www.saferinternet.org/

Inspect Your Gadgets - Workshops, Seminars and Speeches designed to raise the awareness of the dangers to children and families of the Internet and emerging technologies and provide practical home strategies for parents.
www.inspectyourgadgets.com

Internet Filters.net - A list of internet filtering products and comparison data for parents and teachers.
www.internet-filters.net

Internet Safety - Safe Eyes software with internet filtering, monitoring, logging, application control and time controls. Also Ethershield enterprise level filtering hardware.
www.internetsafety.com

Internet Safety at About.com - Provides articles and tips for online family safety.
childparenting.about.com/cs/internetsafety/index.htm

i-SAFE America, Inc. - Incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic community outreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place.
www.isafe.org

Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet - Companion site to the book 'Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet'. Shows parents how to protect from pedophiles, pornography, pop-ups, viruses and spyware.
www.keepyourkidssafe.com

Kid Innovation - Razzul is a kid-friendly browser, offering access to pre-approved sites and spam-free email. Parents can also review their child's internet usage and communications.
www.kidinnovation.com

Kid Print Solutions - Provider of ForensicPrint Child ID Software, a digital ID solution for protection against child abduction.
www.fingerprintmenow.com

Kid Safe Mail - Child safe email experience without spam, pornography or viruses.
www.kidsafemail.com

Kid Smart - Practical online safety advice for teachers and parents, with lesson plans, online activities and resources.
www.kidsmart.org.uk

KidMail - Filtered email service, offering graphical mail tools for youngsters. Parents have control over incoming messages, mail from unknown senders can be quarantined.
www.kidmail.net

KidRocket - Kid-safe web browser works by limiting access to just a small collection of hand-picked educational and fun sites. Simple but effective, offered as freeware.
kidrocket.org

KidSplorer - Web browser protecting kids by only allowing access to pre-approved sites, offers additional parental control such as scheduled access times.
www.devicode.com/kidsplorer/

KidSurf - Offering internet browser software designed for kids aged 3 to 9 years. Allows parents to control the websites their children access.
www.kid-surf.com

Kidz Privacy - Educates kids, parents, and businesses about the privacy rights of children online. Site provided by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/

Kidzap - Parent-controlled web experience for children, includes games, safe chat and puzzles.
www.kidzap.com

KIKS - Keeping Internet Kids Safe - A small collection of articles about online safety topics, as well as some links, and newsletter archives.
www.kiks.org

The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids - An introduction to the internet with an emphasis on child safety. [PDF]
www.ala.org/ala/pio/availablepiomat/librariansguide.htm

Max - Provides a service to filter a range of online activities including web, chat, email, instant messaging and file-sharing.
www.max.com/site/maxprotect.shtml

Mousetrap - Provided by the Virginia Center for Policing Innovation, this program is designed to protect children from online predators through parent education online and with a free awareness CD.
vcpionline.org/mousetrap.asp

My Kids Browser - Offer web browser software that restricts children's access to white listed sites. Free trial available. Based in Provo, Utah. [Windows]
www.mykidsafeinternet.com

Net Family News - A weekly electronic news service to inform and educate parents, families and caregivers of children who spend time online.
www.netfamilynews.org

NetAlert - An independent community advisory body established by the Australian government.
www.netalert.gov.au/

NetID ChatShield - Chat filter that checks instant messaging contacts against a verification service, to prevent unknown individuals from sending IM messages.
www.chatshield.com

NetIDme - Online real time personal identification system for use within chat clients or internet chat rooms to protect the identities of children on the internet.
www.netidme.com

NetProtector - Hardware solution designed to prevent modem access to the internet when parental supervision is not possible, by means of a key-lockable switch.
www.modemlock.com

NetSafeKids - Companion site of The National Academies report, "Youth, Pornography, and the Internet".
search.nap.edu/netsafekids

NetSmartz - Educational resource from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Discusses various Internet safety topics.
www.netsmartz.org/

Nippy Web Browser - Free browser designed for pre-school children with peer-reviewed content and support website. Browser hides desktop to prevent access.
mynippy.net

Online Chaperone - Offering parental control software with Artificial Intelligence to help protect children from online predators. Detects predatory behavior in chatrooms and instant messaging environments.
www.onlinechaperone.com

Operation SafetyNet - The Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force provides information to help protect families from the dangers of Internet child sexual exploitation.
www.operationsafetynet.org

Optenet PC - Parental control software to filter internet content and prevent harmful sites and downloads. Can also help to manage time children are spending online.
www.optenetpc.com

Parent Smartz - Learn to monitor your child's online activities and assess potential dangers. Offers safety resources and online classes for parents.
www.parentsmartz.com

The Police Notebook - A law enforcement site promoting safety and crime prevention for kids.
www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/start.htm

ProtectKids.com - Substantial resource related to making the internet a safer place for children. Contains information, reports, articles, and useful links.
www.protectkids.com/

Safe Chat Universal Messenger - Provides tools to protect children while chatting online, with the ability to approve or block specific sites, keywords, and contacts.
www.zihtec.com

Safe OnLine Outreach - A repository of information, research, resources, links and media reports regarding online sexual exploitation and internet safety.
www.safeonlineoutreach.com

Safe Surfin' Central - Site dedicated to educating children of all ages and parents in the processes of safe Internet usage.
www.safesurfincentral.com

SafeKids - Contains information about the dangers of children using the internet. Rules, advice, and tips relating to child security and the web.
www.safekids.com

Safe2Read Supervised Children's Email - A parent controlled, supervised kids email service for younger children. Children's email can be sent using webmail or an email client and parents can manage the supervision from their regular email address or the web.
www.safe2read.com

SafeTeens.Com - A guide to teen safety on the Internet.
www.safeteens.com/

Snitch - Parental control software that uses smart algorithms to detect and remove obscene images, movies, and inappropriate internet activity.
www.hyperdynesoftware.com/

SoftEyes - Monitor and limit computer use by a schedule. See everything, web, e-mail, chat, and instant messages both on and off the Internet.
www.softeyes.com

Staysafe.org - Educational site intended to help consumers understand both the positive aspects of the Internet as well as how to manage a variety of safety and security issues that exist online.
www.staysafe.org/

Surf Knight - Free web browser specially designed for children. Includes popup blocker, download blocker, site vistitation controls.
www.surfknight.com

SurfBuddies - Child Safe internet access product designed with total child internet safety in mind.
www.surfbuddies.com

Surfing Safely for Children - Page of hints and tips concerning safe internet usage for children, including pointers for parents.
www.surfingsafely.net

TechMission Safe Families - Provides free parental control and internet filtering software, online safety and training resources.
www.safefamilies.techmission.org

Teenangels - A site featuring the work and activities of a group of teenage online safety ambassadors who educate others about internet safety.
www.teenangels.org/

TheParentsEdge - Offer tools, information, how-to guides, and other resources for parents.
www.theparentsedge.com

Web Wise Kids - Teaching children how to make their online experience safe, using an educational CD-Rom game.
www.wiredwithwisdom.org/

WebWiseKids.org - Supplies Internet Safety tips and games to protect children.
WebWiseKids.org

WiredKids, Online Safety For Kids and Teens - A variety of online safety information, as well as online and offline projects involving organizations like Disney. Aimed at both adults and children.
www.wiredkids.org

Wise Kids - Works with communities, libraries, youth organisations, local education authorities, schools and businesses throughout Wales and elsewhere, to raise awareness of positive and safe Internet use.
www.wisekids.org.uk/

ZooBuh - Email service for families, with a range of parental control features.
www.zoobuh.com

Parenthood Web - Child Safety on the Information Superhighway. <small>(April 19, 1999)</small>
www.parenthood.com/articles.html?article_id=557