8falcons: Keeping Families and Children Safe: Online and Offline

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PRESS RELEASE: COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN 8FALCONS AND MYWOT

8falcons, an initiative of First Legion Consulting, India and WOT Web of Trust, an initiative of Against Intuition Inc., Finland have announced an agreement of collaboration. 8falcons and WOT have a common focus to keep internet users, especially families and children, safe from online threats such as fraudulent web sites, violence, pornography etc. Under this agreement 8falcons.com and WOT shall mutually promote each others’ initiatives.
“8falcons focuses on keeping families, especially children, safe online and offline. We have seen that the focus of WOT is aligned to ours and we are delighted that this agreement is in place”, said Archana and Vidya, the creators of 8falcons.com
WOT is a free security tool that warns Internet users about dangerous and suspicious sites, and 8falcons is an online community where like-minded people can share ideas and seek advice for staying safe online. For more information, please check www.mywot.com and www.8falcons.com.

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