Shimkus unveils dot kids
Zhanda Malone ,
[email protected] 09/10/2003
Congressman John Shimkus has announced the official debut of the .(dot)kid.(dot)us Internet domain.
"After several years of pushing for a safe place on the World Wide Web for young children to surf, the President signed my .kids legislation into law last December," Shimkus said. "Neustar, the company charged with implementing this new Internet domain, has quickly sought to get actual sites up and running.
Shimkus said as of Sept. 4, many Web sites have registered with the domain name of .kids.us.
"And Neustar is taking new registrations and adding more sites as they join," Shimkus said.
Shimkus said it is very difficult for parents, teachers and librarians to keep an eye on children while they work on the Internet and using filters doesn't always work.
.kids.us provides a children's section on the Internet.
"That's why I hope to encourage businesses -- large and small, educational institutions, government agencies, and everyone with a Web site to also get a .kid Web site," Shimkus said.
"That way parents, including myself, can set parameters for our computer's search engines limiting young children to access .kids.us sites only."
Webmasters interested in adding their content to a .kid.us Web site can log on to
www.kid.us and register their domain namer. The material on .kid.us Web sites is reviewed to assure that content is not inappropriate or harmful to children 12 and under.
"I am also encouraging parents to contact their children's favorite Web sites to encourage their participation in .kids.us," Shimkus said.
"Without many sites to choose from and without parents getting involved, this effort to protect our youth won't be successful."
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