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Media Alert: Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson Addresses Internet Safety With Giant Campus and Symantec During "Connected &Amp; Protected Town Hall"

Posted on: Monday, 30 July 2007, 09:13 CDT

What:

To address concerns about Internet safety, Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson and Internet security leader Symantec are hosting a Town Hall Event in conjunction with Giant Campus' Cybercamps program, the nationally-recognized leader in technology summer camps for youth. During this event, they will explore the role the Internet and other technologies play in kids' personal, school and family lives, including:

 --  How kids use the Internet --  What Web sites kids are really visiting --  What kids fear about the Internet --  What kids are sharing on social networking sites --  Who really knows more about the Internet -- parents or kids?      

Important Facts About Children and the Internet:

 --  55% of online teens have profiles online -- of these, 79% have     included photos of themselves and 66% have included photos of their friends     (PEW) --  32% of online teens have been contacted by strangers online and 21% of     teens who have been contacted by strangers have engaged an online stranger     to find out more info about that person (PEW) --  Four in ten teens report being cyberbullied in the last year (Harris     Interactive) --  Victims of online harassment are three times more likely to exhibit     symptoms of major depression (Cyber Psychology and Behavior)      

Event Visuals:

 --  Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson discussing online safety in Town Hall     style setting with more than 100 teens and parents --  Open Q&A session with teens and parents --  Interactive tutorials on Internet safety      

Where:

 Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street New York, NY 10029 Bus and subway information is available at http://www.mcny.org/visit/ 

When:

 Thursday, August 2, 2007 1-2 p.m. - Media set-up and pre-interviews 2-3 p.m. - Interactive Town Hall with Cybercamp kids, Miss America 2007            Lauren Nelson and Symantec's Marian Merritt 

The following will be available for media interviews immediately following the event:

 --  Miss America 2007 will be available to discuss her partnership with     Symantec and explain what she is doing to raise awareness for Internet     safety. --  Marian Merritt, Symantec's Internet safety advocate, will provide     insight on the issues of cyberbullying, social networking and cyber     predators. --  Giant Campus Director of Marketing David Kinard will be available to     discuss the integral role that technology education plays in keeping     America's kids safe online.      

Media RSVP: Jessica Fries at (323) 988-4645 or jessicaf@carryonpr.com

On-site Media Contact: Julie Mathis at (323) 428-5305 or juliem@carryonpr.com

More on the Miss America Organization

The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance. For more information, go to www.missamerica.org.

More on Symantec

Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information, and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance, and performance. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in 40 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

More on Giant Campus

For more than a decade, Giant Campus has combined serious fun with technology education and been considered a national leader in the industry. Independent research of Giant Campus' teaching methods and curriculum show up to a 90% increase in standardized test scores for students. While youth attend Giant Campus' fun programs, they learn skills that help them in school and future careers. With more than one million hours of instruction with youth, Giant Campus programs continue to deliver what teens and parents want. Giant Campus can be found online at www.giantcampus.com.

 Media RSVP: Jessica Fries (323) 988-4645 jessicaf@carryonpr.com  On-site Media Contact: Julie Mathis (323) 428-5305 juliem@carryonpr.com

SOURCE: Symantec Corp.

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