Comcast Funds Online Toolkit as Part of Multigroup Internet Safety Campaign

Comcast announced a campaign by Internet Essentials, a broadband adoption initiative for low-income households, and members of the Conference of Western Attorneys General to address challenges seniors, parents and children face online. It follows the FTC estimating scammers swindled Americans out of nearly $1 billion last year, with more than $240 million occurring either online or via email, Comcast said. Younger people reported losing money to fraud more often than older people, said the FTC, with adults ages 20-29 making up 40 percent of those who filed FTC complaints reporting losing money to fraud, compared with 18 percent for age 70 and older. Via a Comcast grant, the nonprofit Connectsafely.org developed a multimedia internet safety toolkit for use by attorneys general across the country with up-to-date materials designed to address concerns of seniors, parents with school-age children and students.