Surfing the Net Safely Forum for Kids
Verizon and the Inner-City Scholarship Fund (ICSF) teamed up to sponsor the Be Wise: Don’t Trust Who You Don’t Know. Surf the Net Safely forum, held at the Apollo Theater in
“It’s all of our responsibility to keep the Internet a safe place for our children,” said Monica Azare, Verizon senior vice president for
More than 500 people attended to talk about online precautions including the New York Police Department, United States Department of Justice and New York City Council Member Gale Brewer.
- What precautions do you use? We had a bit of a hassle with our eldest but have since made a rule that nobody chats online anymore. It’s important for kids to know some people are not who they say they are, but the more that we can protect them the better.
Susan George, executive director for the ICSF, said, “ICSF is very pleased to work with Verizon to provide this opportunity to the students of the Archdiocese of New York. As we’ve all seen, the Internet is a rich teaching and learning tool. This forum aims to provide greater awareness concerning how to safely maximize those benefits.” (
Verizon has several good articles, downloads and tools that you can access to have fun and keep your family safe.
November 17th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
[...] (diamonds are a girls best friend and all that) but it disturbs me further when younger children are [...]
November 28th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Hey im new to the forum
and would like to contribute
http://www.tiny.cc/A7gey
Thanks