Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Report Shows Kids Searching for “Sex” and “Porn” Often

A new report from Symantec delivers the news that many parents still don’t want to believe… that kids’ are searching for (and no doubt finding) Websites that aren’t intended for children. The report was based on search habits of thousands of kids’ who use Symantec’s OnlineFamily.Norton service, which lets parents monitor and manage their kids’ online activities, including Web searches.

Here are the top 10 search terms among kids for the period from February through July:

1. YouTube
2. Google
3. Facebook
4. Sex
5. MySpace
6. Porn
7. Yahoo
8. Michael Jackson
9. Fred
10. eBay

Source: CNET

So there you have the bad news…. Now the good:

Symantec’s OnlineFamily.Norton service is FREE, at least through the end of 2009. You can learn more about the service and download your copy here: OnlineFamily

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