Don't Rely Solely on Google SafeSearch To Protect Kids

By John Sancin of "Cyber Power" It is true that the World Wide Web is a valuable tool for children for learning and researching materials for school projects. It is also true that the Web has many deep dark corners filled with content that would disgust even the most liberally minded parents among us. Have you ever done an image search on Google? Try it and see for yourself that the simplest most innocent of search terms, like “boy” or “girl,” can lead you to some of the filthiest images you have ever seen. Not convinced? Do a Google Image search for the woman’s name “Mary” and see what you find. Google is about the only...