Panel: Technology alone can't protect kids online

January 13, 2009 By ANICK JESDANUN , AP Business Writer

(AP) -- A task force charged with assessing technologies for protecting children from unwanted contact online has concluded that no single approach is foolproof and that parental oversight is vital.

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