We recently bought a used laptop for my 10 year old step-daughter. After reinstalling a clean operating system, I wanted to install some parental controls for Fire Fox3 and Windows XP. I installed several programs to be reassured that while surfing the net, my child was not exposed to anything I would not approve of. I wanted to test the controls, so side-by-side I started attempting to "Google" several words that would most likely contain objectionable images or web forums/pages such as " Chat, p**n, naked, drugs, nude, cartoon p**n, x*x" and such! OMG, I was completely astounded by some of the images I found!(on my PC,not the one with parental guards) There was 3-D Cartoons of child pornography and incest, and the next thing I knew I was over-whelmed by pop-ups. How does one go about reporting these images, or can I? If they are illegal in Canada, shouldn't these sites be blocked by my ISP? This is completely and totally outrageous that this kind of material can even be published. What is the world coming to?
On a side note: I decided to install GLUBBLE on my child's PC. It does an excellent job! Obtainable by going to www.glubble.com. I recommend it to anyone who's child regularly uses or has access to a PC.
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