'Protect children from net horrors' ; Parents have been urged to take action to protect children from internet horrors.

From: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph | Date: May 9, 2008 | Copyright information

Parents have been urged to take action to protect children from internet horrors.

Protection letters from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) have been sent to parents in North Lincolnshire warning them of the dangers of unsupervised internet usage.

And it has urged parents to register for updates informing them of what their children are doing online.

The bid encourages parents to sign-up to www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ parents and receive regular updates,...

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