More than a year of saber-rattling by members of Congress, who hold the future of the currently unregulated Internet in their hands, has prompted major Internet companies to make yet another move to demonstrate their own voluntary responsibility for what goes on in cyberspace. Widely publicized efforts to protect online privacy was a start, but Thursday morning companies like America Online, Microsoft, Netscape and Yahoo! hope to score major political points with the launch of a new online safety resource for parents.
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Parental Guidance Issue Attracts Internet’s Big Guns
Posted by: Mary Hillebrand July 28, 1999 12:00 AMMore than a year of saber-rattling by members of Congress, who hold the future of the currently unregulated Internet in their hands, has prompted major Internet companies to make yet another move to demonstrate their own voluntary responsibility for what goes on in cyberspace. Widely publicized efforts to protect online privacy was a start, but Thursday morning companies like America Online, Microsoft, Netscape and Yahoo! hope to score major political points with the launch of a new online safety resource for parents.