Thursday, November 5, 2009

AT&T participates in Family Online Safety Institute's annual conference

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of its continuing efforts to help keep families safe on the Internet, AT&T* today participated in the Family Online Safety Institute’s (FOSI) third annual conference, Building a Culture of Responsibility: From Online Safety to Digital Citizenship. AT&T, an active member of FOSI, was represented on two important panels and nominated Marsali Hancock, president of iKeepSafe, for the FOSI Award for Outstanding Achievement.

The FOSI annual conference focused on a global need for increased digital citizenship and responsibility online. AT&T was well-represented at the conference and participated in key panels that took a look at some of today’s important online safety issues. Dorothy Attwood, senior vice president of Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer for AT&T, spoke on a panel titled "Focus on Broadband Stimulus Funding & Responsibility". Additionally Andrea Brands, AT&T Director of Public Affairs, moderated a panel that discussed how aging adults are using the web...