Cape Town, May 01: Parents who are concerned about their children being exposed to cyber bullying or sexting can use cellphones to check up on them.
Verb Innovations has launched My Mobile Watchdog in SA. According to the company, the software is aimed at parents of young children who may be exposed to cyber bullying or sex predators online.
“The growing number of young children involved in practices of ‘sexting’ and ‘cyber bullying’ is alarming, as well as the use of social media applications by sexual predators to make contact with our children online has drastically amplified the need to monitor our children’s cellphone communications,” Verb Innovations director Gareth Miller told News24.
“Parents currently control what their children can view on satellite television and the internet accessed via the home PC, however until now there has been no effective way to monitor the “mobile generation’s” first choice of cyber communication,” he added.
Editor of Parent24, Adele Hamilton, cautioned that parents should be aware of the problems like sexting, but warned that parents themselves should be aware of the online environment.
—Agencies