1. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 CONTROL TOOLS Seminar “The Protection of Consumers and Children on the Internet” Barcelona 16 october 2001 Núria Quintana

2. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 Risks... but also solutions: 4 Different types of solutions 4 Different actors involved 4 Main solution: Education 4 Also technical solution

3. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 FILTERS - Software restricting the access to certain Internet contents - Are the most popular safety tools - Enabled from the user’s PC or from ISP - Filtering does not interfere with the Internet content provision process

4. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 How a filter works:

5. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 BLOCKING PROCEDURES - Blocking of keywords - Blocking of images - Negative/positive web pages lists - Content labelling and rating

6. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 CONTENT LABELLING AND RATING - Use of labels, as in other media - Who? Content provider or third parties - Differents categories - It is the basis of filtering - Example: ICRA system

7. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 OTHER CONTROL TOOLS They allow us to control and monitor children’s Internet use by... –Knowing what times and how long they surf –knowing which websites they visit –Blocking the use of certain services (e.g. Chat) –Blocking the edition or reception of certain information (personal information, publicity...) –Using special browsers for children –...

8. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 SOME FEATURES - Combination of tools - Passwords use - Different user configurations - Personalization - Increasing popularity - Better to talk about it

9. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 SOME CRITICISM - Not foolproof: filters are not babysitters - Possible for government censorship use - Companies: transparency, categories, not up-to-date, personalization - Language... Therefore better to select well

10. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 IMPROVEMENT - The better option: - respect free speech - protect children - European Comission developments - Further ideas: all new computers sold into family market come with safety software preinstalled.

11. © Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca, Campanya "Internet segura", 2001 More information: 4 www.icra.org 4 www.surfmonkey.com 4 www.optenet.com 4 www.getnetwise.org 4 www.internetsegura.net