PointSmart.ClickSafe. Best Practices Report
A new report outlines best practices for ensuring child internet safety
A task force consisting of a wide variety of organizations representing child health and advocacy, internet safety and other non-profits, educators, parents and companies from the internet industry and has issued a series of best practice recommendations for child internet safety. In crafting its report, task force took a deep look at the complex issues around this important topic, examined the role of government, education, law enforcement, public health, and industry, as well as previous reports and recommendations. Many companies are already implementing a number of these best practice recommendations.
Read the report. Related resources Best practices task force maps out path to online safety and literacy. A short overview of the recommendations of the best practices task force.
Cable in the Classroom Magazine, July August, 2009.
Five Online Safety Task Forces Agree: Education, Empowerment & Self-Regulation Are the Answer by Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 16.13, July 8, 2009. A review of the work done by and the recommendations of major internet safety task forces over the last decade.
