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FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Karen Jenkins /Public Relations
423.968.4082
kjenkins@bsafe.com
A Georgia father says Internet filter saved his daughter from
similar tragedy facing Florida family.
You’ve seen the news of a 15-year-old Florida girl who was duped over the
Internet into believing a 46-yearold convicted sex offender was a man in his
20’s, then running off with him. The girl says William Joe Mitchell had a gun
and threatened to kill her. Police also believe Mitchell sexually assaulted her
before he let her go. Mitchell was arrested this weekend at a gas station in
Virginia. The two reportedly met online on the social networking site, Myspace.
The case hits close to home for a Georgia family counting their blessings. In
a very similar story, the family’s 14-year-old daughter was unknowingly
involved with a man on Myspace. Because the family used the Internet filter,
Bsafe Online that tracks websites visited and records Instant Message
conversations, the father was able to keep a close eye on his daughter’s online
activities. The father forbid his daughter from meeting with the online
acquaintance. A few weeks later, the father saw that same man named as a
suspect in the rape of local teenager. The father says, “With Bsafe’s help, I
managed to keep my 14-year-old away from a guy who shortly after, was in the
paper for raping another 14-year-old….God Bless Bsafe.com. “
Bsafe Online can block social networking sites like Myspace or Facebook if the
parent wants, or a parent can use the weekly reporting feature to review sites
visited by their child. R-rated sites are always blocked. Instant message and
chat room conversations are monitored and recorded and vulgar language filtered
from a database of more than 12-hundred words or abbreviations. In Bsafe
Online’s latest version the exclusive feature PredAlert ™ notifies the person
with whom the child is chatting that they are also being monitored and
recorded. Bsafe Online believes this serves as an effective deterrent against
anyone who has ill intentions with a child.
Both Virginia and Florida law requires sex offenders register their email
address as well as their Instant Message handles. With Bsafe Online, parents
can block IM contacts based on information provided on the state’s registry.
A reminder, October is Crime Prevention Month. What better way to prevent
cyber crime than for parents to install Parental Controls on their computer,
like Bsafe Online.
For more information visit www.bsafeonline.com.
About Bsafe Online, Inc.
Bsafe Online, based in Bristol, Tennessee is a pioneer in the Internet
Filtering industry. Bsafe Online is consistently ranked as a leading content
filter provider protecting families from Internet threats in all 50 states as
well as nearly 50 foreign countries . Bsafe is powered by BSecure Technologies
a CES award winning technology provider located in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.
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