Florida's chief financial officer scolded Attorney General Bill McCollum on Thursday for spending state money on a no-bid contract with an out-of-state political strategist to produce ads aimed at warning parents and teens about Internet predators. ...more

March 26, 2009

TAMPA - The state attorney general's newest CyberCrime office opened Wednesday in Tampa, an initiative the agency said will bolster efforts to nab sexual predators online. ...more

July 3, 2008

Four-year-old Alexandra Seelig is plopped down in front of a computer screen at Brandon Regional Library next to her big sister, 7-year-old Isabella. ...more

October 5, 2007

TAMPA - Four-year-old Alexandra Seelig is plopped down in front of a computer screen next to her big sister, Isabella, 7, at the Brandon Regional Library, oblivious to her surroundings. In their ears are "bugs," small earphones that talk to them. On the screen: a 20-minute course on how not to fall victim to Internet predators. Beginning this week, they became part of a culture of prevention at the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative, which began a policy Monday of requiring anyone 17 or younger to take the course before they can set foot in cyberspace on a library computer. ...more

October 4, 2007