- Date
- 2000-10
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationeducationfamilyemergency-management
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
TDS Telecom published practical Internet-safety guidance for families in the October 2000 Beacon. It emphasized parental involvement, caution around chat rooms, filtering tools, privacy, and rules against sharing personal information or arranging in-person meetings with online contacts.
Evidence limits
This is public guidance reproduced in the newspaper, not a record of a specific training event or local incident.
Sources
- Provides advice on family supervision, chat rooms, filtering, privacy, parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, and rules against sharing personal information or meeting online contacts. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2000-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the published guidance.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “TDS Telecom publishes child Internet-safety guidance for Beaver Island families in 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-internet-safety-guidance-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2000, “Kids Stay Safe on the Internet—TDS Telecom Helps.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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