p2p news / p2pnet: Starting July 1, under a law passed by the Virginia General Assembly, local public schools will be teaching teach Net safety.

The ruling is, "designed to ensure that tech-savvy children understand the dangers lurking in cyberspace," says the Washington Post.

It directs the state Department of Education to, "issue guidelines to schools for integrating Internet safety into their regular instruction," says the story, adding:

"There have been many news reports about students posting personal and potentially embarrassing information about themselves in online blogs and on personal Web sites such as myspace.com.

"Such data can make children targets for Internet predators searching for children to befriend. It can also follow them as they age, creating problems when they apply to college and for jobs."

Also See:
Washington Post - Law Directs Schools to Teach Cyber-Safety, March 30, 2006
myspace.com - Rape suspect MySpace ID, March 26, 2006

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