Parental Control Comparison Chart

Feature or Function Kidsnet MSN AOL Cyber
Patrol		 Cyber
Sitter		 Net
Nanny
Web Content Review System
100% reviewed by people. No No No No
Uses artificial means of Filtering / Blocking.1 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reviews Websites based on internationally accepted standards.2 Yes No No No No Yes
Parents may review rating criteria.3 Yes No No No No No
Has a process for Parents to report Website’s they believe are improperly classified or blocked or disallowed. Yes No Yes No No Yes
Age Specific Settings
Allows Parents to select from pre-specified age-specific settings.   Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Allows Parents to select customized settings for each child’s developmental stage. Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Database of Reviewed Websites
Reviewed sites that represent 98% of all World Wide Web traffic. 4 Yes Unsure Unsure Unsure Unsure Unsure
Database of reviewed Websites always growing based on Parents and kids surfing habits. 5 Yes Unsure Unsure Unsure Unsure Yes
Ability to grow the database of reviewed Websites based on Parent requests.6 Yes Unsure Yes Unsure Unsure Yes
Language
Parents may prevent various degrees of vulgar or sexually explicit language Yes No No No No Yes
Parents may allow vulgar or sexually explicit language in artistic, educational or medical context. Yes No No No No Yes
Sex and Nudity
Parents may prevent various degrees of sex and nudity. Yes No No No No Yes
Parents may allow various degrees of sex and nudity in artistic, educational or medical context. Yes No No No No Yes
Violence
Parents may prevent various degrees of violence against humans. Yes No No No No Yes
Parents may prevent various degrees of violence against animals. Yes No No No No No
Parents may prevent various degrees of fantasy characters. Yes No No No No No
Parents may allow various degrees of violence in artistic, educational, medical, or sports related context Yes No No No No Yes
Restrictive Categories
Parents may prevent various categories of Website content. Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Parents may prevent various sections of Websites or individual web pages based on their content. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Parents may prevent various sections of Websites or individual web pages based on their content by restrictive category. Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Chat
Ability to disallow chat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ability to allow only moderated chat Yes No Yes No No No
E-mail
Parents may prevent web based e-mail. Yes No No No No No
Parents may prevent client based e-mail such as Microsoft Outlook. Yes No No No No No
Instant Messaging
Parents may prevent Instant Messaging Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Parents may prevent web based Instant Messaging Yes No No No Yes Yes
Security
Parents may prevent all applications from reaching the Internet Yes No No Yes No Yes
Parents may prevent executable files from being downloaded from the Internet. No Yes Yes No No Yes
Remote Access
Controls and settings remain even if the child uses the product on another computer. Yes Yes Yes No No No
Time Limited Internet Access
Allows parents to place time restrictions on Internet use. No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Parental Time out to help insure that a child will not accidentally gain access to inappropriate Internet content.  Yes No Yes Yes No No
Reports
History reports with online activity and time spent online. No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Account Management
Ability to set up controls for each individual child. 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Website Management
Parents may allow or disallow access to specific Web pages that "override" the systems rating or setting. 8 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Website Review Requests
Parents may allow kids to request access to a specific Web page or site. Yes Yes No No No No
Kid Safe WWW Search Engine
Offers a search engine for child friendly Web sites. 9 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Notes and Comments
1.) Kidsnet does not use Artificial Intelligence, Web crawlers or spiders, automated keyword analysis or other automated technologies typically associated with blocking and filtering. Return
2.) Kidsnet reviews Web sites based on the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) standards plus content rating standards developed by Kidsnet. NetNanny offers the option to filter based on ICRA and SafeSurf rating criteria, however this only works if a Web site has included ICRA or SafeSearch Meta Tags on its site. Return
3.) Kidsnet has rating descriptions for exact understanding of each rating category. Return
4). As defined by Neilson/Net Rating Return
5). Kidsnet has a staff of dedicated reviewers constantly reviewing Web sites. Return
6). Kidsnet can currently respond to requests in less than 24 hours. The kidsnet process included an automatic request when a Parent attempts to access a site not in the Kidsnet database AND an expedited request feature. For AOL and NetNanny the Parent must fill in a form to request a review. Return
7). MSN offers up to 9 accounts, AOL up to 7 and Kidsnet up to 6. MSN and AOL require each kid account be based on a kid e-mail name. Return
8). MSN accomplishes this by having the child send e-mails to their parents requesting access. The parent must then view the site, determine if it is appropriate and then allow or disallow access. Kidsnet accomplishes this by sending the request to a Kidsnet reviewer. Return
9). Kidsnet offers www.hazoo.com, MSN offers the preset of 3 "home pages" one of which is a Kids search Web site. AOL offers AOL Kids Only CyberSitter provides optional redirection to search engines. Return
 

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