Kentucky Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Jack Conway says it's important for parents to know what their children are doing on the internet.

He was in Bowling Green Wednesday, talking about the importance of cybersafety.

"Myspace and Facebook are the new malls. My dad dropped me off at the mall and gave me a lecture that you're known by who you run with. It's tougher for parents and teachers now to watch the kids because Myspace and Facebook are the new malls. Kids are texting nine times to one, nine times to every phone call. And they're doing things online like posting spring break photos and not realizing college admission counselors and potential employers check Myspace and Facebook pages," Conway said.

The Attorney General says if he were elected to the U.S. Senate, cybersafety is an issue he certainly wouldn't leave behind.

"I would like to see federal funding made available for states that want to adopt a cybersafety curriculum and that want to add more cybercrimes labs to the state. When you get out into the rural areas, you have local law enforcement agencies that have trouble now because the evidence of crimes is on a computer hard drive, camera, or on a cell phone and it takes a while to process that type of evidence and they need help and I think help could come from the federal level."

Conway took part in a cybersafety workshop for parents and students at WKU.