OREANDA-NEWS. August 11, 2011. Kyivstar announces social initiative — creation of a guide on children safety in social networks and calls upon all who care to participate in writing the guide.

"Kyivstar" offers all the socially active people, social network users, bloggers, twitters, caring parents to join writing of guide on safe children’s behavior in social networks. Today, social networks is the most popular platform for communication on the Internet hiding many negative risks: corruption, involvement in sexual activities, gathering information about children and their surroundings for criminal purposes, cyber-crime. Children are the least protected from the threat of virtual space group of Internet users.

The guide initiated by Kyivstar is intended to teach adults to use public resources in right way, form a culture of behavior in social networks. The guide will also include tips for parents — how to teach their children to use social networks safely.

"Kyivstar" encourages active participants of the global network to share their opinions about safety of children in social networks, offer tips and advice for parents, tell cautionary tales from their own experience. The guide will include themed sections: how adults should learn to use social networks safely and how to teach children (opinions, advice, case studies), parents’ opinion, useful resources, a memos to parents and children.

To join a social initiative, it is necessary during the period from July 20 to August 4, 2011 to place a link to your post or article at Kyivstar Facebook page. Kyivstar experts will select the top ten publications whose authors will receive certificates for family leisure. Their articles and publications bye number of Lіke!s by page friends will be included in a unique guide for parents about children safety in social networks. The guide will be posted on the official site of Kyivstar in the public domain.

Kyivstar, one of the largest Internet providers in Ukraine, is striving to make Internet for young users safe and useful. The guide on children safety in social networks, part of social program "БeзoпacHocTь дeTeй B иHTepHeTe" initiated by Kyivstar back in 2009. As part of the program in liaison with psychologists the guide for parents "Children on the Internet: how to teach safety in the virtual world" was developed as recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine for use in schools. To protect children from threats while using the Internet from a mobile phone Kyivstar introduced a unique social service "Parental Control" which can be installed by on a child’s mobile phone by pressing USSD-request *100*5*1*ХХХХ#, гдe ХХХХ, where XXXX — password (any four-digit number that contains numbers from 0 to 9), and press the call button.