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Internet safety advice

by isleofman.com 29th September 2009

Parents, guardians and children of all ages are being encouraged to visit a website designed to alert everybody to the potential dangers of using the internet.

It follows a landmark court case in the Island, which saw a man in his 40s jailed for 17 months for sexually grooming a girl who was 14 when he committed the first of three offences.

The website is called 'thinkyouknow.com' and is run by CEOP, the United Kingdom's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Agency.

It's designed to educate people across the whole community on internet safety, and Detective Inspector Phil Shimmin from the Island's Family Protection Unit says everybody should take a look:

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Posted by isleofman.com
Tuesday 29th, September 2009 06:00pm.

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