Education Schools, Libraries, Government and Industry must initiate a major educational campaign to inform the public of protective technologies and methods available to protect children online. As caregivers, we all need to be involved and educated in the process of protecting our children to assure a positive experience for our youth. Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement needs adequate funding to train and add staff. The adult industry has to take responsibility as well. Even explicit sites touting protective technologies still place this technology behind the teasers.
Caregivers also have the responsibility to learn the facts and know what the child is doing on-line.
The real-time nature of the Internet allows site content to be changed at anytime. Because of this fact, technology designed to protect children from HTM materials faces significant challenges. Chat rooms, E-mail and Instant Messaging are additional challenges for technology. Protective technologies are as diverse as their clients. Challenges Today's youth face a multitude of challenges regarding technology that many adult caregivers cannot fully understand.