America Online Recognized by Leading Child Safety Organizations for Efforts and Products That Make the Internet Safer for Children and Families.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2002 AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Receives WiredKids' Internet Visionary Award for Efforts to Help Keep Children Safe Online National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Praises New AOL(R) 8.0 With Enhanced Parental Controls This article is about computer options. For the television show, see Parental Control (TV series). Parental controls are options, typically included in digital television services, computer and video games, or computer software used to access the Internet, that to Help Protect Kids Online On the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the release of its enhanced Parental Control features in the new AOL 8.0, America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, was recognized by prominent child advocacy Child advocacy refers to a range of individuals, professionals and advocacy organizations who promote the optimal development of children. An individual or organization engaging in advocacy typically seeks to protect children’s rights which may be abridged or abused in a and safety groups for its ongoing commitment to protecting children online. AOL has been awarded an "Internet Visionary Award" as well as the Wired Kids "Best of the Web Award" for the AOL 'Kids Only' Channel, and for its leadership in making the Internet safer and more valuable for children and families. The award will be presented Tuesday at the Third Annual Wired Kids Summit on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The summit is being organized by Parry Aftab Parry Aftab is a lawyer specializing in Internet privacy and security law, and is the Executive Director of WiredSafety.org, a volunteer organization dedicated to online safety. Aftab shut down her law practice in 2000 and now only takes a limited number of consulting cases a year. , a leading child advocate other uses of Child advocacy The Child Advocate is a child advocacy network and resource group in the United States. Their mission is to serve the needs of children, families and professionals while addressing mental health, medical, educational, legal, and legislative , data security, privacy and cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. lawyer and Executive Director of WiredSafety.org. "AOL should be recognized for its exceptional and longstanding commitment to children's safety in both the online world and the offline world, as well as commended for making it easier than ever for parents to take an active role in their children's online experience," Aftab said. "All parents on AOL, not just the technically-savvy, can easily and conveniently set up and manage Parental Controls tools that address their child's online safety." In addition, AOL was also recognized and praised by its partner, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC NCMEC National Center for Missing & Exploited Children NCMEC National Concrete and Masonry Engineering Conference ), for continuing to make children's safety a priority on the service through its innovative, award-winning and industry-leading Parental Controls features. "For over five years, AOL has been a partner that the National Center can count on. They led their industry by helping us launch and by utilizing the CyberTipline, our online reporting system," stated NCMEC President and 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. Ernie Allen Ernie Allen is an attorney serving as the President & CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and a former Director of Public Health & Safety for the City of Louisville. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville. . "The new and enhanced Parental Controls features that are in AOL 8.0 are easy for parents to use, and are another example of AOL's commitment to helping keep children safe online." As part of the new AOL 8.0 that launches nationwide, AOL introduces significant enhancements to its Parental Controls that make them even easier for parents to customize and use, reinforcing the Company's commitment to provide the best online service for every member of the family. "Safety is priority number one for kids and parents on the AOL service, and with the enhancements we are making to Parental Controls in the new AOL 8.0, we are further strengthening our leadership in helping to protect children online. With AOL 8.0, we're further enhancing parents' ability to help safeguard kids when they go online," said David Gang, Executive Vice President of AOL's Product Marketing Group. "AOL pioneered child safety tools with the Internet's first Parental Controls, and now more than 16 million people take advantage of these features. The redesigned Parental Controls in AOL 8.0 are easy to use, flexible, and can be customized to help more parents take an active role in what their kids are doing online. Our tools allow parents to help create a safer environment for their child, whether they want to chat with friends, play games, develop hobbies, do homework, explore web sites, or send instant messages." AOL 8.0 Offers Easy and Comprehensive Online Safety Features to Help Parents Protect Kids The new AOL 8.0 builds on the strength of these existing Parental Controls with valuable enhancements, including: -- Easier and More Flexible Access: Wherever parents are they will be able to either log on to the AOL service from any computer to set or change settings in real time for a child using their account at home; soon, parents will also be able to do the same simply by going to AOL.com from any computer; -- At-a-Glance Viewing of Each Child's Restrictions: Settings are easier to monitor and adjust with an at-a-glance review of the levels of access control designated for email, instant messages, chat, and Web for each child's Screen Name, with the ability to adjust the restrictions with one click for each feature at any time; -- New AOL Guardian: Parents will have the option of receiving a report after each child's session on AOL detailing the sites they visited and attempted to visit, how long they were online, and the number of emails and instant messages exchanged with other people online. Launching this year, this easy-to-use feature will also allow parents to change their children's parental controls settings, recommend new Web sites, or report inappropriate sites with a simple click. Parents can also refer Web sites to AOL for review, which will be quickly evaluated by AOL staff for age-appropriateness (AOL Keyword: Report A Site); -- Convenient Parental Controls Button on AOL 8.0 Toolbar: Members will have one-click access to AOL's Parental Controls every time they sign on; and -- Even Easier to Notify AOL and Report Spam: Members have more ways to report inappropriate activity to AOL using a Notify AOL button from key parts of the service. Also, as part of AOL's commitment to making the e-mail experience better for our members, AOL 8.0 includes a new 'Report Spam' feature to help reduce the number of unsolicited email messages they receive. AOL A Longtime Leader on Parental Controls AOL was the very first online company to offer comprehensive Parental Controls to its members, and since their introduction in 1994, the AOL service has been the #1 choice for families looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to provide a more safe and secure online experience for their children. More than 16 million people use AOL's Parental Controls (AOL Keyword: Parental Controls), which continues to be a free and built-in feature of the AOL service. Among the online safety features that AOL already offers members are: an Online Timer timer, n radiographic timing device that functions as an automatic exposure timer and a switch to control the current to the high-tension transformer and filament transformer. The face of the timer is calibrated in seconds and fractions of seconds. , so parents can set parameters for their child's daily online use; a 'Block Sender' button to easily block unwanted e-mail; privacy controls to tailor instant messages; the option to set unique Parental Controls settings based on the age of their child; customize controls to limit a Screen Name's access to specific features, such as chat rooms, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , e-mail, newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history. As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active. and downloads; specific kids-and-teens appropriate content, news, games; live, 24/7 customer service help for parents who have online safety questions; and comprehensive online areas for information, education, and awareness about safety issues (AOL Keyword: Neighborhood Watch). AOL Using the Power of the Internet to Help Protect Children Both Online - and Offline Earlier this month, AOL and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) announced the launch of AOL AMBER Alerts Am·ber Alert n. A message that conveys information about a recently abducted person, usually displayed on electronic signs positioned along roadways and broadcast by mass media, intended to enlist the public's help in finding the abducted person and -- the first nationwide initiative to use the Internet to expand this valuable law enforcement tool that has been successful in locating and rescuing abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point children. Starting in early November, AOL AMBER Alerts will be offered as a voluntary service to domestic AOL members in 64 states, counties, and cities that have AMBER Alerts systems in place. AOL members will be able to choose to receive the alerts not only on their computer screens, but also via email or on cell phones or paging devices, wherever they are and at any time (AOL Keyword: AMBER Alerts). In less than 14 days, over 52,000 AOL members have already pre-registered for this new, landmark service. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. -- AOL members can upgrade to new version AOL 8.0 at AOL Keyword: Upgrade or Nuevo AOL 8.0. Others can download the new version at www.aol.com. |
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