US Attorney Project Safe Childhood PSA unveiled

The United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the NMI unveiled its new Project Safe Childhood public service announcements last Thursday at Oleai Elementary School.

The unveiling of the new PSA was made in front of 55 6th grade and 180 7th grade students from Hopwood Jr. High School in San Antonio. The Project Safe Childhood team made an hour and a half presentation at each school.

Project Safe Childhood’s goal is to educate parents about the potential dangers that their children face online, and for the first time, warns potential online predators that exploiting a child online is a serious federal offense.

The four new PSAs were developed jointly by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile and Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Project Safe Childhood partners INOBTR (“I Know Better”), IKeepSafe, and the Hispanic Communications Network.

IKeepSafe developed one of the PSAs, entitled “Know Where They Go,” to highlight the risks children face on the internet. The PSA, illustrates how, in the digital world, children can travel anywhere, and why it is important that parents monitor what sites their children visit and who they are talking to. Elements of this campaign include television, print, radio and Web advertisements. For more on this PSA, please go to www.KnowWhereTheyGo.org .

INOBTR created a PSA entitled”Exploiting a Minor Is a Major Offense.” This cutting-edge campaign is designed to warn potential online predators that exploiting a child online is a serious federal offense. Elements of this campaign include television, movie theaters, print, radio and Web banners. For more on this PSA, please go to www.stopanonlinepredator.org. Two others series were released by the Hispanic Communication Network.

Launched in May 2006, Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Office, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Department’s Criminal Division, and Internet Crimes Against Children task force, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims

For more information about Project Safe Childhood and the public service announcement, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.[B][I] (PR)[/I][/B]