How parental filters work for children on the Internet
Access to the Internet is available to many children today, who especially at early ages, use it to watch videos of songs and stories or even to make interactive games. However, later, when they already know how to read and write they can surf, participate in social networks or chat, which makes the
Access to the Internet is available to many children today, who especially at early ages, use it to watch videos of songs and stories or even to make interactive games. However, later, when they already know how to read and write they can surf, participate in social networks or chat, which makes them an easy target of cyberbullying. Leaving the child alone in front of the computer entails a risk, to avoid it there areparental control filters.Parental filters are a tool that allows parents to control what children see on the Internet. It is a software that is installed on your computer and that controls, according to the filter, which pages your child can navigate through, if you can use a chat, how long it can be connected and can even block unwanted content.
We show you how to control the navigation of children on the Internet and
how parental filters work. How parental filters work for children on the Internet
1- Parents can program parental filters to control navigation by:
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Lists of websites: Parents can decide which sites the child visits and which ones are not. You can compile blacklists of pages that the child could not visit and white lists where you can navigate safely. -
Keywords: can be blocked by keywords, in this case the child can not browse sites containing the selected words (sex, porn, kill ...). -
Applications: you can deny access to applications such as messaging, chat, email or social networks. 2- It is also possible to program parental filters to control the browsing time:
they are used to limit the time the child can be connected to the Internet, it is also possible to specify at what times you can connect. There are two types of software
parental control: the one installed on the computer itself and the one in the Cloud. The first is an installed application (paid or even free) that is managed from the same computer, the second is located on the developer's website and all adjustments are made from it. The latter is very used if we are away from home or the child navigates through smartphone or tablet. In any case, along with the parental control filters, it is important that parents carry out a
constant work of education in face of the dangers to which they are exposed on the Internet, this will allow them to be prepared if at any moment they access from the computer of a friend or the phone of a relative without parental filter. Source: Alia2 Foundation
