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Tuesday, October 29, 2002
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=4032 AOL launches kids’ online safety campaign eSchool News staff and wire service reports America Online has launched a new internet safety campaign for kids built around an automated instant-messaging “buddy” that dispenses advice in real time. Kids can add “AOLSafetyBot” to their buddy lists of friends on AOL Instant Messenger. It’s programmed to answer, within seconds, such questions as whether kids should agree to physical meetings with online acquaintances or reveal such personal information as their address and age. Some experts wonder, however, whether a scripted program can always be an appropriate guide in a complicated online world, given varying age groups and parental preferences. The SafetyBot campaign, launched Oct. 23, also includes a web site at AOL’s SafetyClicks.com, where kids can play a trivia game and watch a video featuring characters from the Cartoon Network, a unit of AOL Time Warner. People who don’t use AOL’s instant-messaging software can also find the SafetyBot buddy on the SafetyClicks site....
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