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Will no one think of the children?

Boston Globe headline: Kids get new weapon against predators using Internet.

[…] NetSmartz, which is available to all elementary, middle and high schools in the state, features the animated figure Clicky rapping and offering advice on how to spot Web users who use foul language, try to get strangers to meet them, send pornographic pictures or ask personal questions. […]

Rapping? Aieee.

Here's what "Clicky" looks like:

(At least it's better than Microsoft's @#$%ing paper clip.) The website offers the following Digital Rights Management sermon/ "lesson":

Clicky's Stolen Song: A Lesson in Digital Ethics

Captain Bootleg, an Internet pirate, has stolen Clicky's hit song. Nettie and Webster learn why it is wrong to steal music from others.

What a load of crap.

Posted by rv at August 30, 2005 02:25 PM to geek