SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- With the click of a mouse and touch a keyboard, you can go anywhere in the World Wide Web. That’s a frightening thought for most parents.
"I feel parents should be with their children or at least in the same room with their children while they're on the Internet and they should know what sites they're going to," said Sue Berti of Cicero.
And if they can't be with their children 24/7, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants to help. The father of two is on a mission to get every Internet provider in the state to block child pornography.
A total 15 Internet providers in Central New York and the Southern Tier have agreed to block child pornography sites. Our Nneka Nwosu reports on the state's efforts to make the Internet a safe place for children.
Cuomo said, "It's one of those issues that everybody says it's terrible and we've got to do something about it. And years and years go by and we don't do enough."
In the last year and a half, 15 Internet providers in Central New York have agreed to block underage porn sites. But that's not enough. Cuomo says his office and these parents and teachers must also educate children about Internet safety.
"There's great potential. You can learn a lot. You can also get in to trouble on the Internet and they need to understand that also," said Cuomo.
A lesson parents say will be easy to teach, thanks to help from the state.
AOL
Clarity Connect
Clearwire
Dreamscape/Northland
Frontier/Citizens
Earthlink
Hughes Net
Localnet
NTC.net
Time Warner
United Online (NetZero, June & Bluelight}
Verizon
Westelcom Internet
Wild Blue
Windstream
Adams Cable Service
Art Matrix- LightLink
Express 56
Orange County Online
Spin Internet