Comcast : Partners with Three More State Attorneys General on Internet Safety Through Internet Essentials

As part of its ongoing campaign to promote online safety for Internet users, Comcast today announced the latest phase of a joint effort between Internet Essentials, the nation's largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption initiative for low-income households, and three more State Attorneys General. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, join 17 other state chief law enforcement officers committed to better educating students, parents, and seniors about how to be safe on the Internet. Since 2011, Comcast's Internet Essentials program has connected more than six million Americans to the power of the Internet, including 48,000 in Alabama.

I'm proud to work with Comcast and their Internet Essentials program to help arm our seniors and parents with the tools they need to safely take advantage of all the good things that the Internet has to offer.

Steve Marshall

Alabama Attorney General

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, more than 300,000 cyber-crime complaints were filed in 2017, totaling more than $1.4 billion in monetary losses. 40 percent of these complaints were reported by adults age 50 and over, which underscores the urgent need to educate seniors about Internet scams.

'We welcome the opportunity to partner with Attorneys General here in the Southeast and around the nation to provide low-income seniors, parents, and children the tools and knowledge they need to be safe from scammers and bullying online,' said David L. Cohen, Comcast Corporation's Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer. 'This is an issue that cuts across party lines. There is a universal desire on the part of law enforcement officials to protect Americans from the potential risks of being online. We also want to address the fear that many seniors and parents have about the Internet, which is preventing them from connecting to potentially life-changing resources.'

'These tools and resources will supplement Alabama's training program for parents and teachers to help students safely navigate the cyber world,' said Alabama Attorney General Marshall. 'I'm proud to work with Comcast and their Internet Essentials program to help arm our seniors and parents with the tools they need to safely take advantage of all the good things that the Internet has to offer.'

All these efforts help advance Comcast's comprehensive approach to helping close the digital divide and extend an initiative the company first started in 2017 with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.