FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 3, 1997		  CONTACT:Sydney Rubin 301/654-5991

HISTORIC INTERNET/ONLINE SUMMIT SET FOR EARLY DECEMBER

WHAT: The Internet/Online Summit: Focus on Children, a first-ever summit of industry leaders, educators, law enforcement officials, public interest and family advocates seeking common ground to enhance the safety and education of children in cyberspace.
WHEN: December 1-3, 1997 (Monday-Wednesday)
WHERE: The Renaissance Hotel
999 Ninth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
WHY: To address safety and content issues related to children and the new mass medium. The Summit comes about six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned sections of the Communications Decency Act as an unconstitutional infringement on free speech, and the White House in a meeting with industry and congressional leaders announced this fall summit to discuss private-sector solutions to on-line content inappropriate for children.
WHO: Christine Varney is chairperson of the summit which includes the following organizations and many others:
  • AT&T
  • America Online
  • American Library Association
  • Center for Democracy and Technology
  • The Children's Partnership
  • Children Now
  • CompuServe
  • Disney Online
  • Digital Equipment/Alta Vista
  • Enough is Enough
  • Family Education Company
  • Microsoft
  • MCI Communication Corp.
  • Microsystems Software/The Learning Company
  • National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
  • National Association of Secondary School Principals
  • National Consumers League
  • National Law Center
  • Surfwatch
  • Time Warner
Information on the Summit and contact numbers for the organizing groups can be obtained by contacting: Sydney Rubin sydrubin@aol.com phone: 301/654-5991 fax: 301/654-5992.

Additional information is available at www.kidsonline.org

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