Risks and Safety on the Internet. The perspective of European children
- Document number
- 2620
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- Risks and Safety on the Internet. The perspective of European children
- Author/publisher
- EU Kids Online Network, London School of Economics
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption,
- Summary
- Internet companies should provide more ways for children to block, filter or report alarming online content and contacts, recommends a new study for the European Commission. The report suggests that both children and parents are reassured when given tools to take action against online dangers such as bullying, sexual content and intrusive strangers. Yet they often don't use the options available (including online safety advice or the so-called ‘panic buttons' operated by social networking sites) and the industry could do more to promote their use.
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