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iKeepSafe and Symantec Bring Internet Safety to Winston-Salem Children at Boys & Girls Club
(Market Wire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) WINSTON-SALEM, NC, September 19 / MARKET WIRE/ --
The Internet Keep Safe Coalition
(www.iKeepSafe.org), a national non-profit organization committed to
Internet safety, and Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), today presented North
Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper with the Internet Keep Safe Award for
his efforts in keeping kids safe online. Cooper was honored during a
Connected & Protected kids' assembly on Internet safety at The Salvation
Army International Boys & Girls Club in Winston-Salem.
Cooper is advocating tougher sentences for child predators and
pornographers and also asking for additional tools to help law enforcement
track down offenders. He is also leading a group of attorneys general
pushing social networking sites to stop exposing children to predators and
pornography.
Symantec and iKeepSafe will continue an ongoing, nationwide Norton
Connected & Protected Family Safety Initiative throughout the summer by
visiting schools, camps and community centers nationwide. These events
will explore the role the Internet and other technologies play in
children's personal, school and family lives, including:
-- How children use the Internet.
-- What Web sites children are really visiting.
-- What children and parents fear about the Internet.
-- What information children are sharing on social networking sites.
-- Who really knows more about the Internet - parents or kids?
The initiative also features the Norton Connected & Protected Mobile Tour,
an 18-wheel interactive classroom. On board at each stop are experts who
offer information and advice to visitors on how to keep safe when using the
latest technologies. Through interactive tutorials, videos and hands-on
demonstrations, families can learn more on a variety of Internet-related
topics, including:
-- How to recognize Internet threats for teens and tweens, including how
to spot a cyber threat and deal with it before it becomes a problem.
Entertaining videos and interactive games walk them through the process of
dealing with cyber predators, troubling online situations, what to do
during a computer crash, how to protect online music, games and more.
-- A parent station gives parents insight into the most popular Internet
trends for kids. Tutorials teach parents about social networking sites
like MySpace and Friendster and illuminate the risks they pose to kids
online. There are also stations designed to open dialogue between kids and
parents about issues of Internet safety.
-- A cyber security story station lets users record their personal
experiences relating to Internet security. Users can watch others' videos
and learn how people just like them have dealt with online fraud, identity
theft and more.
Parents can visit the Norton Family Resource Center Web site
(www.norton.com/familyresource) to get additional information on Internet
safety and see when the Norton Connected & Protected Mobile Tour will come
to their town.
About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses
and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps
customers protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by
delivering software and services that address risks to security,
availability, compliance and performance. Headquartered in Cupertino,
Calif., Symantec has operations in 40 countries. More information is
available at www.symantec.com.
About the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (www.iKeepsafe.org)
The Internet Keep Safe Coalition is a broad partnership of governors, first
spouses or attorneys general from all 50 states, the FBI, the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children, American Medical Association,
American Academy of Pediatrics, the NEA, National PTA and corporate
sponsors, dedicated keeping children safe online. The Coalition provides
parent tutorials and educational resources, including the Faux Paw the
Techno Cat(TM) Internet safety series of books and animated films for
children. Coalition materials are distributed throughout the United States
with pilot programs launching this year in China, India and Australia.
As official sponsor of iKeepSafe, Symantec has partnered with the
organization to create a series of online tutorials and other resources
that are syndicated online and made available freely to businesses,
educators and community-based organizations.
CONTACT:
Cecilia Daclan
Symantec Corporation
+1 (310) 449 4381cecilia_daclan@symantec.com
Julie Mathis
CarryOn Communication
+1 (323) 988 4700juliem@carryonpr.com
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