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Yahoo! Supports Safer Internet Day on February 8, 2011 with its Global Commitment to Creating Safer Online Experiences for Youth
Aramex
endorses Yahoo! Safety Oasis to educate children about online safety in the Middle East
In the Middle East, Yahoo! Safely is represented by a localized online safety resource called Yahoo! Safety Oasis (http://esafe.yahoo.com/), which was developed by the Yahoo! Maktoob team. Yahoo! Safety Oasis educates Arabic speaking children about how to properly surf the net and protect their personal privacy through a series of fun, interactive edu-tainment courses offered through a number of Yahoo! Maktoob channels such as Kids, Games, and Family links.
"We are very excited to be supporting Safer Internet Day, and playing a role in spotlighting this day in the Middle East. While online traffic is increasing across the region, awareness of online safety issues is relatively low. According to research we conducted, an overwhelming majority of respondents said they are interested in learning more about internet safety for kids. This makes our program very relevant and we feel that it will provide a valuable resource to educate youngsters on digital literacy as early as possible," said Andy Abbar, head of product marketing for Yahoo! Maktoob .
Yahoo! works collaboratively with its industry peers, child safety groups, and law enforcement to find new ways to protect children online. Leading organization in the Middle East Aramex has committed to including Yahoo! Safety Oasis as part of their own efforts to promote Internet safety and online literacy programs in the Middle East.
"In line with our commitment to education, Aramex is very pleased to partner with Yahoo! to ensure a safe online experience for children in the region," said Raji Hattar, Aramex Chief Sustainability Officer. "Through our partnership, we will support the implementation of this initiative across the region, while also engaging the wider Aramex network to further broaden the scale, scope and positive impact of YSO."
For Safer Internet Day 2011, Yahoo! is sharing top 5 tips for youth:
Think before you post. How you represent yourself online - the way you play games, the photos and texts you share, your avatar, and your profile - all add up to who you are. Invest in your online image.
Be a good sport when online. If you wouldn't do it on the field, don't do it online.
Take action and report bullying. By standing by and watching, laughing, or doing nothing when you see bullying happen, you become part of the problem. Don't be a passive bystander.
Spread smiles when texting. Texting is core to staying connected with your friends, and half of you send more than 1500 texts a month[1]. What you text is a reflection of you, so be thoughtful about what you text and confident that your texts portray you the right way.
Unplug and connect with your world. It's estimated that teens spend 7.5 hours a day watching some form of media. The Internet is fun, rich world, but don't forget to unplug sometimes. Get out and connect with your friends in the real world.
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(NASDAQ: YHOO) is an innovative technology company that operates the largest digital media, content, and communications business in the world.
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Contact:
Tala Toukan
PR & Communications Manager - ME
Yahoo!
Maktoob
E: ttoukan@yahoo-inc.com
T: +971 4 4456283
Carine Sader
Media Relations Manager
Ogilvy Public Relations
E: carine.sader@ogilvy.com
T: +971 4 3050259
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Comments By Our Users (1)
Believing Yahoo has any concerns about child safety online is like letting Larry Flynt babysit your kids. Their chat rooms became synonymous with pedophiles online. How many of those "To Catch A Predator" creeps hooked up through Yahoo? Pretty much all of them and there were thousands more waiting to be caught, while Yahoo did nothing. Now, they have managed to accumulate the largest collection of porn in the world and made that social network called Flickr available in most grade school through deception and misrepresentation of that site. Able to bypass filters made to keep XXX content and the purveyors of it away from kids, Yahoo's Flickr has no warning labels or adherence to laws that require disclosure about hardcore pornographic content. US Law 2257 specifically requires age verification disclosure of all models used on internet porn sites, yet Yahoo Flickr has no such display. They have no real age verification of their anonymous users.
Yahoo hosts millions of porn images on a social network with children using it, being shared by thousands of open sexual predators, anonymous offenders, and pedophiles. All these perverts are cloaked from you and your children in such a way as you won't know they are there until it's too late. No parent could get any understanding of the dangers lurking on Yahoo's Flickr from the way it is always deceptively portrayed. That includes the way it is perceived and presented by the media, who are equally responsible for the continued endangerment of children online that they enable, through constant silence about this issue about Yahoo's Flickr porn site. Any child safety program that involves Yahoo is an insult, given their flagrant disregard for kids' wellbeing.
I'll bury Yahoo over this issue if there isn't a big XXX warning on Flickr immediately.
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