- From: Lynn Stephens <lynnstephens@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:15:49 -0800 (PST)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
(a brief changing text description of the photos would help everyone enjoy the site, what are the names of the children?) Sorry Jonathan this isnt having a go at you personally as I know unless you have been involved with these issues, or know someone who has, its not something people consider. I feel very, very strongly about child safety on the internet as I am sure everyone does. I am as passionate about this subject as I am about accessibility. Never, ever, ever put a childs name or any other identifying details that could enable someone to talk to the child and give them the impression they know them or their parents this could lull the child into a false sense of security and enable unsavoury people to build up a relationship with the child then we get to read about it in the news. I worked with our local police and the NSPCC to put some guidlines together, in the early days of public access to the internet, for designers to use when creating sites. There was plenty going on about advising parents and children themselves re safety on the web but I thought we should also approach it from our end as well. One of the topics covered was around identifiying children. The amount of infant and junior schools with pictures of children with details about them on their websites was ridiculous. Dont know if this approach stopped any crimes against children but I do know we didnt contribute information to help certain people from targeting children. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree
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