Recent headlines focusing on the Web’s dark side and its impact on young people can be enough to frighten parents into shutting down their child’s Internet service accounts. The world’s top user-generated video Web site has another idea: Give teens and parents more information about the kinds of cyber-behavior they should report when they do bump into it on the Web. During this week’s Family Online Safety Institute conference in Washington D.C., YouTube unveiled its Abuse and Safety Center, a clearinghouse of sorts for families concerned about issues like cyberbullying, suicide and child exploitation.
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YouTube Aims to Curb Abuse With Safety Center
Posted by: Renay San Miguel December 12, 2008 02:08 PMRecent headlines focusing on the Web’s dark side and its impact on young people can be enough to frighten parents into shutting down their child’s Internet service accounts. The world’s top user-generated video Web site has another idea: Give teens and parents more information about the kinds of cyber-behavior they should report when they do bump into it on the Web. During this week’s Family Online Safety Institute conference in Washington D.C., YouTube unveiled its Abuse and Safety Center, a clearinghouse of sorts for families concerned about issues like cyberbullying, suicide and child exploitation.