The Protection of Children Online: Risks Faced by Children Online and Policies to Protect Them
- Document number
- 2764
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- The Protection of Children Online: Risks Faced by Children Online and Policies to Protect Them
- Author/publisher
- OECD Digital Economy Papers
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations,
- Keywords
- Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography,
- Summary
- This report focuses on online risks for children and policies to protect them as Internet users. It examines direct and indirect policy measures available to OECD member and non-member countries to help mitigate risks for children online in order to:
• Present and compare existing and planned policy approaches for the protection of children online;
• Explore how international co-operation can enhance the protection of minors on the Internet.
Three broad categories of online risks for children are considered in this report: i) content and contact risks, including exposure to pornography, cybergrooming and cyberbullying; ii) consumer risks related, for example, to online marketing and fraudulent transactions; and iii) privacy and security risks, including the use of social networks without sufficient understanding of potential long-term consequences. - Related documents