In an effort to educate teens about safe online and digital practices, AOL has joined the Ad Council and some of our nation's leading corporate marketers, media, non-profit organizations and foundations to form the Internet Safety Coalition.
This unprecedented effort unites more than 40 industry leaders in helping to keep teens safer online. Members include AT&T, Google, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Microsoft, Symantec and the Wireless Foundation (for a complete list, visit www.internetsafetypartners.org).
Our Coalition's message offers teens a simple digital safety guideline to live by: "If you wouldn't wear it, don't share it. Beware what you share." New videos and Web banners show teens the consequences of sharing personal information online.
This unique collaboration will help educate and empower teens to be smart about what they post and share online. We know that targeted and consistent communications programs have the power to change attitudes and behaviors regarding a multitude of social issues. I am confident that this effort will significantly broaden the reach and impact of our messages and ultimately help keep our children safer.
For more information about the coalition, visit www.internetsafetypartners.org.
