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BOX 12.5 | Youth, Pornography, and the Internet | Dick Thornburgh and Herbert S. Lin, Editors | Committee to Study Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content | Computer Science and Telecommunications Board | National Research Council


Box 12.5
GetNetWise Questions About Monitoring Tools


Does the product allow the user to review or monitor

  • E-mail?
  • Online chat?
  • The Web sites that have been visited?
  • Instant messaging sessions?
  • Offline (non-Internet) computer use?

Can the product operate

  • Without the knowledge of the child being monitored?
  • Alongside a filter?
  • To warn children when they attempt to access inappropriate material?




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