Online Community Habbo Announces Teen Online Safety Awareness Month For February 2007
Habbo will fill the month with educational programs and interactive safety sctivities for teens and parents, Teen Magazine and Teenmag.com will support the effort.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 1, 2007 -- Sulake Corporation, parent company of HABBO, one of the world's largest and most popular online destinations for teens, announced today that it will designate February 2007 as Teen Online Safety Awareness Month for North America. HABBO will also feature various safety awareness programs on its international sites, which are featured in 29 countries. As part of the effort, HABBO will include special promotions, information sources, and interactive activities highlighting online safety awareness. The effort will bring safety educational efforts and information to Habbo's North American audience of over 2 million teens who are enthusiastic about taking part in the interactive programs, games, and prizing opportunities the community offers. Teen Magazine will also support the effort, and will feature links to Habbo's safety information and online safety tips on its popular website, Teenmag.com.
In addition to its regularly featured safety help pages and parent information pages, HABBO will saturate its site in February with interactive activities for teens such as the "Infobus", a virtual bus inside the Habbo community on which members can learn how to protect themselves from online scams and predators. The program will offer teens who take part the opportunity to win prizes and "Habbo Coins," which they can use to purchase custom décor for their online rooms and personal HABBO pages within the network.
"Sulake is serious about keeping Habbo players safe. Cyber crime and online predators are a global problem and we are resolute in educating and empowering online youth in North America and around the world," says Rebecca (Becs) Newton, Habbo's Safety and Moderation Manager. "If teens experience a cyber attack - we want to be sure they have the tools to protect themselves. Our mission declares the motto 'Cyber Attack? Teens fight back!"
During Teen Online Safety Awareness Month, HABBO will:
- Maintain its work with law enforcement experts on continuing to enhance Habbo's already sophisticated system for prevention of crime and harassment
- Feature safety-promoting interactive games and activities for its teen members
- Offer a free online safety guide for parents with young people online
- Provide opportunities for teens and parents to discuss types of online crime and how to stay safe online and offline
- Work to create awareness about all forms of cyber crime, including sexual predators, identity theft, fraud, and text message scams.
According to the University of New Hampshire's 2006 Study on Online Victimization of Youth, 1 in 7 teens experience unwanted sexual solicitations online, and 1 in 3 teens are exposed to unwanted sexual material online.
Teens interested in taking part in HABBO's online activities should visit www.habbo.com and click on the enter key in the upper right corner.
About HABBO and Sulake
HABBO is a richly colorful, multi-dimensional virtual community and game environment for teens. Users join by creating a fully-customized online character called a Habbo. From there, they can explore many public hang-outs, play a variety of games, connect with friends, decorate their own rooms, and have fun through creativity and self expression. Since its launch in 2000 by Sulake Corporation (www.sulake.com), an interactive entertainment company that specializes in developing, publishing and distributing multiplayer social networking communities and games, HABBO sites have been introduced in 29 countries on five continents, with more than 70 million Habbo characters created and more than 7.5 million unique users each month. The highly-trafficked North American sites, www.habbo.com and www.habbo.ca, are visited by over 2 million unique users per month who spend, on average, more than three hours a week on the site (Nielsen Net Ratings).
Sulake has headquarters in Finland and offices in 18 countries. Currently the company has over 300 employees worldwide. Sulake is extending the Habbo brand to include e.g. mobile applications, and merchandising and licensing products.
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