`Don't Forget the Internet in Protecting Children in the Classroom,' Says this.com CEO.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1999-- Brad Daniel, this.com Founder, urges President Clinton not to ignore Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the in School Safety Campaign Brad Daniel, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of the family-friendly Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ), this.com, today welcomed President Clinton's unveiling of a new advertising campaign urging parents to talk to their children about violence but voiced concern over the danger of ignoring the impact of computers and the Internet on children's lives. "Although I welcome President Clinton's comments on the need to protect our children, I would like to see him go further and identify the need to shield kids from the pornography pornography Depiction of erotic behaviour intended to cause sexual excitement. The word originally signified any work of art or literature depicting the life of prostitutes. , hate and violence that permeates the Internet today," said Brad Daniel. "Many children spend more time on the Internet than watching television; and as long as children have access to a computer either at home or at school, there is always the danger of them accessing indecent material -- material that you would never see on television. Young people are extremely vulnerable to dangerous influences on the Internet; and online outlets should be taken just as seriously as television, movies and other mediums which are better protected." The comments come as President Clinton today (Tuesday, August 17th) introduced an advertising campaign urging parents to talk to their children about violence. The school violence television messages, to debut Wednesday on major broadcast and cable networks, will also promote a booklet on how parents should talk to children about safety and the dangers of weapons. About this.com Based in Fort Lauderdale, this.com is the nation's first premium content Internet Service Provider (ISP) dedicated to making the Internet a safe place for children and families. this.com gives families the freedom they want to explore the Internet and the peace of mind to let them do it. this.com functions as a true ISP. Customers dial into this.com servers and use it as their main Internet access See how to access the Internet. point. this.com "filters out" unwanted Web sites. By functioning as an ISP, and not simply as a portal or destination, this.com can employ more robust and effective server-based filtering technology. In fact, the advanced, artificial intelligence-like filtering technology employed by this.com views every page passing through the server. It then makes an intelligent decision based on combinations of words, images and other criteria before the pages are "served up" to users. this.com can be found at www.this.com, or contact this.com: 110, S.E. 6th Street, Suite 1960, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. 33301, 954/523-0908. |
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