10 TIPS TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE IN THE INTERNET

Child pornography is one of the biggest dangers children face when surfing the internet. However, children should not be taken away from the Internet, as it is a valuable tool in educational terms. Therefore, the IFAI and the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) developed a guide with 10 useful tips to alert parents about Risks of the internet for their children. Security experts recommend parents to promote awareness among kids because it is the netizens who must protect themselves.

Here are the 10 tips children should follow about using the internet:

• Think before you post.  Everything you write on the net can remain within the reach of others, even when you erase it: data, information, ideas, photographs.
• Keep your password secret. Do not tell anyone. Make up one that is difficult to guess, but easy to remember. Do not use your name or date of birth.
• Take care of your image and the image of others. Do not upload photos of yourself or others you may later regret. Once the information is on the internet, its diffusion is uncontrollable. Your publication can harm someone.
• Check what they know about you. Find your name on the internet and verify what information appears to you.
• Close your session. If you connect to a computer that is not yours, always close your account so that others do not have access to your information or pretend to be you.
• Respect others. You are responsible for what you publish. Take care of the words you put in the forums and social networks. Do not do what you do not want ther to do to you. 
• Use a nickname or alias. This way you can protect yourself and only your friends and family will know you.
• Do not say everything about yourself. Give as little information as possible. Do not expose yourselves over the social networks.
• Secure and take care of your accounts. Decide what information is convenient to publish and share on social networks, as well as who can access them.
• Create multiple emails. You can have one for friends, another for games and social networks, etc.

Failure to follow these rules may expose minors in general to cyber criminals engaged in illicit activities, including high-impact activities such as kidnapping, trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation. O in addition to raising the awareness, it is recommended for parents to keep a keen eye on their kids. For this, they can take advantage of digital parental apps such as FamilyTime that help parents,

•  Monitor their kids’ online activities
•  Check favorites and bookmarks
•  Check Websites their kid visits the most
•  See the apps they use
•  Blacklist inappropriate apps
•  Schedule auto screen locks on their kids’ device
•  Remotely lock devices for as long as they want

And the list of FamilyTime features goes on. To try these features and a number of others, give this app a try for free. Download the app from the app store on your phone or simply click the buttons below and enjoy the premium version of the app for complete three days.