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A Georgia Father Says Internet Filter Saved His Daughter From Similar Tragedy Facing Florida Family

Posted on: Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 18:00 CDT

You've seen the news of a 15-year-old Florida girl who was duped over the Internet into believing a 46-year old convicted sex offender was a man in his 20s, 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.

Source: Business Wire

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