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Bioethics: Feds Teach Kids Not to Hack

FBI launches morality education program for would-be computer criminals.

Jody Veenker | posted 2/19/2001 12:00AM

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Watters said Focus on the Family would also like to see the Justice Department back up the idea that there are consequences for crime online with more vigorous prosecution of cybercrimes.

Related Elsewhere

The Information Technology Association of America's homepage hosts technology news and links to various government online affairs.

The Cybercitizen Awareness Program offers resources to parents and teachers like the ITAA's Berkowitz Report on Children Online or a crash course in "Understanding the Internet"

The FBI also offers safety tips for kids on the Internet.

Kids who take the Cyberspacers oath pledge to " do my best for the good of cyberspace—to follow the rules of common courtesy, mankind, and God along the Information Super-Highway."

The Cyberspacers site is also home to D.O.T. Comics (Defenders Online Team), a cartoon series about kids who make decisions with the help of a magic computer, but Disney's CyberNetiquette Comics are much more entertaining and instructive.

Sesame Street's Family Tech Tips help users figure out everything from online purchases to cookies, spam, and e-mail techniques.

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