The Senate passed an Internet safety resolution Thursday night that designates June as "National Internet Safety Month" and calls on Web safety groups, law enforcement, educators and others to boost efforts to raise online safety awareness. The bill was introduced by Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and was cosponsored by Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.
"When you consider that one in five children have been solicited for sex online in the last year and one in four has been exposed to unwanted illicit material, the need for strengthened Internet safety is undeniable," Snowe said. "We must pledge to protect the impressionable minds of our youth and stop the dangerous predators who seek to do them harm."
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