Forty Percent of Parents Using Web Filtering to Block More Than Sexual Content
01 Fevereiro 2011 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
InternetSafety.com, now a part of McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE), today
revealed that nearly 40 percent of parents who use Web filtering
software to protect their children from sex-related online content
also block Web sites dealing with a variety of other topics they
consider inappropriate. The findings were compiled from anonymous
usage data from McAfee® Safe Eyes® parental control software in the
United States.
The analysis of tens of thousands of Safe Eyes software settings
demonstrates that parents who take steps to control their
children’s Internet access are concerned about far more than
potential exposure to dirty words and X-rated images. The data
shows that:
- The top non-sexual Web site categories
blocked by Safe Eyes software users are hate/discrimination (38
percent), gambling (36 percent), murder/suicide (34 percent), drugs
(32 percent), alcohol (29 percent) and violence (28 percent)
- Twenty-seven percent of users bar
children’s access to Web sites that promote school cheating and
plagiarism by providing term papers, written essays or exam
answers
- Two users out of 10 choose to filter
Internet TV shows with an MA (mature) rating, a newer option that
is rapidly gaining adherents as more parents become aware that many
TV shows forbidden in the family room are available online
- Fewer than 20 percent block chat and
social networking websites, indicating the importance of these
channels in a child’s social life despite concerns about
cyberbullying and online predators. However, 83 percent choose to
monitor instant message conversations as a means of protecting
children from these dangers.
Virtually all Safe Eyes software users retain the software’s
default settings to prevent children from accessing Web sites
dealing with pornography, nudity, sex and tasteless/gross content.
More than one-third also add other sex-related categories such as
lingerie, swimsuits and adults-only to the blacklist by checking
the filtering options on the software’s administrative menu.
“These numbers paint a picture of vigilant parents who
understand that porn sites are not the only inappropriate content
on the web. In fact, the hate/discrimination category is the most
frequently blocked after sex-related topics, even though there has
been relatively little focus on this area as it relates to
children,” said Stanley Holditch, online safety expert for McAfee.
“Clearly, parents are recognizing the power of Web filtering to
assist them in protecting children from negative influences of all
kinds, whether it’s nudity, racist rhetoric or the temptation to
plagiarize.”
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