HOW TO KEEP KIDS SAFE FROM INTERNET THREATS?

Internet security experts have created a parenting checklist to help protect children from online threats and make Internet use as useful as possible.

Rule 1.

Be attentive to the actions of your children on the "world wide web": do not send children to "free swimming" on the Internet. Try to actively participate in the child's communication with the Internet, especially at the stage of development. Talk to your child about what he learns new for himself using the Internet and how to prevent threats in time.

Rule 2.

Educate your child about the opportunities and dangers of the web: Explain to your child that there are both good and bad people on the Internet, as in life. Explain that if a child has experienced negativity or abuse from another Internet user, they need to tell their loved ones about it. Teach your child to find the information he needs and check it, including with your help. Teach your child to be careful about downloading paid information and receiving paid services from the Internet, especially by sending sms, in order to avoid losing money. Create a list of useful, interesting, safe resources your child can use and encourage them to use them.

Rule 3.

Choose a convenient form of control over your child's online presence: Install the necessary total security software on your computer - a parental control solution. If your child is a primary school student and is often alone at home, limit your child's online time. If the computer is used by all family members, install it in a location that is accessible to all family members, not in the child's room. Create different accounts on your computer for adults and children. This will help not only keep your child safe, but also preserve your personal data. Monitor the resources your child visits regularly. Simple computer settings keep you informed of what information your child is viewing.

Rule 4.

Improve your computer literacy regularly to know how to keep your kids safe by taking advantage of convenient opportunities to improve your computer and internet literacy, such as attending courses, reading special literature, consulting with experts.

Introduce all members of your family to the basic principles of safe computer and Internet use:

• Increase your channel to the fastest possible speed and limit the number of hours your child spends on the Internet.

• Make sure you have total security software with parental controls.

• Decide exactly which sites you can visit and which not.

• Use only chat rooms whose content you can track.

• Never use provocative logins or those that identify you with 100% accuracy.

• Do not show your passwords to anyone.

• As well as addresses and phone numbers.

• Never share personally identifiable information.

• Do not post pictures that are inappropriate or that might reveal your identity (such as the name of the school on a T-shirt).

• Do not share personal information with strangers on-line.

• Do not seek face-to-face meetings with online strangers.

• Do not open files that strangers have sent you.

In order to protect children from the negative impact of the Internet, from unwanted information, the largest Internet providers and telecom operators offer additional services and opportunities to ensure the safety of children.

The Possibilities of This Option:

Secure communication

Restricts the child's access to most unwanted Internet sites.

The principle of "black list" is used and direct access to web pages containing information for adults, gambling, obscene language, extremist materials, propagandizing violence or drugs, etc. is prohibited.

Prohibits the child from sending and receiving paid SMS / MMS from short numbers, prohibits calls to paid short numbers.

Prohibits sending advertising messages from MTS to the child's number.

Allows you to set rules for managing calls and SMS of the child on the basis of the "black list".

The child will be protected from unwanted communication and will not be able to waste time on conversations and SMS at inopportune hours.

Convenient Communication

Parents get the opportunity to request by SMS the balance of the MTS number that their child uses.

When the balance approaches zero, a message will be sent to the number that the child uses, indicating the balance on the account.

The child will be able to get through even when he is already talking on a mobile phone: during the conversation, a signal will sound informing that another subscriber is calling him. The child will be able to answer the incoming one.

Locating

Parents have the ability to find out where their child is and see his location on a map. An SMS with the child's address and an Internet link to the map is sent to the mobile phone of the parent who completed the request.

Service "Mom, I'm here!" - In any situation, the child can quickly inform the parents where he is. To do this, the child needs to dial a free command on his phone.

 

With the Parental Control service, you can give your children the freedom to use paid information and entertainment services and services, but at the same time be aware of each purchase. These services include, for example, games, pictures and information services that the Child connects to his phone.