TWC, Common Sense Team On Back To School Net Safety

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

It's back to school time, and back to school means Web hits as well as hitting the books as kids do research online.

Time Warner Cable has teamed with Common Sense Media to provide new "Back To School Essentials" tools for responsible and safe online work, which can be found, where else, online.

TWC.com/WebSafety provides tips and tools, including videos, on how to conduct safe searches and recognize sponsored links on information.

There is also a free, downloadable guide that includes recommended Web sites promoting math and science (promoting STEM education is one of TWC's prime public service initiatives). There is also a downloadable "Family Media Agreement" so everybody is on the same page about what is appropriate online activity.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.