Katherine Tarbox
Katherine “Katie” Tarbox, is the author of best-selling
book, Katie.com, a ground breaking memoir detailing her
account with an Internet Predator. When she was only
thirteen, Ms. Tarbox was a victim of Internet predator and
consequently became involved in a landmark Federal case.
Her case was one of the first to be tried under the 1996
Communications Decency Act and is still referenced by many
legal cases today. At the age of eighteen, Tarbox published her memoir and
became the leading advocate for Internet safety regarding
Internet predators. She has appeared in numerous media
outlets such as Oprah, The Today Show, Time Magazine, CNN
and People. Tarbox remains current on issues surrounding
Internet safety by working with experts in both the public
and private sector. She uses her expertise to testify for
Congressional hearings on many occasions and to work with
various non-profit organizations. Internet safety is a worldwide concern. In the summer of
2002, NHK of Japan produced a one-hour documentary
regarding Tarbox’s work with victims of Internet crimes and
her efforts to help law enforcement understand this crime.
This documentary has been widely distributed throughout
Asia and Europe. In the summer of 2004, Court TV produced a
similar documentary of Tarbox’s work and is hosted by Al
Roker. The day that her documentary aired, Mayor Bloomberg
proclaimed Internet Safety Day in New York City. After the publication of her book world-wide, Tarbox
lectures internationally on many aspects of Internet safety
from predators to pornography. She is recently a graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Series
Books:A Girl's Life Online, September 2004
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