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YouTube Safety Mode blocks inappropriate videos

23/04/2010 15:56:07

YouTube Safety Mode is a feature that allows you to block content that may be inappropriate for children. When it is enabled, adult content is blocked, search results are filtered to exclude details of inappropriate videos, emailed links to inappropriate videos on YouTube won’t work, and comments are hidden. Find out how to enable YouTube Safety Mode...

Think B4U Click

19/04/2010 17:03:30

Think B4U Click

Think Before You Click, a new educational resource, explores online privacy issues and encourages young people to take steps to protect their own privacy... Read more about Think B4U Click...

EU Review Social Networking Websites' Safety

19/04/2010 17:01:52

EU Review Social Networking Websites

EC report shows majority of Europe's popular Social Networks need to improve their response to help requests by users Read more about SIIYAP...

Safer Internet Youth Panel Tackle Privacy

19/04/2010 17:00:54

Safer Internet Youth Panel Tackle Privacy

The panel discussed the issue of online privacy when they met in Spring 2010 . Read what the youth panel said...

Get With Filtering

20/09/2007 16:28:28

The Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Brian Lenihan launched two new booklets on internet safety: A Parent's Guide to Filtering Technology and an update on A Parent's Guide to New Media.

These booklets developed by the IAB are aimed at promoting an understanding amongst parents of filtering technologies to help protect their children and new media technologies so that they can share in their children's digital livess.

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Internet Safety Office to be Established

20/09/2007 16:27:01

The Government is to establish an Office for Internet Safety and an Internet Safety Advisory Council. Announcing the establishment of the Office for Internet Safety (OIS) Minister Lenihan explained that it will be an executive office of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform with responsibility for:

internet safety, particularly in relation to combating child pornography
internet Hotline (www.hotline.ie) - the system for dealing with reports of illegal content on the internet)
internet safety awareness campaigns
monitoring compliance with the Internet Service Provider industry code of practice. More...

Internet Safety Seminars for Parents

12/09/2007 10:36:07

National Parents Council working with the NCTE has developed a seminar to take the mystery out of the Internet for parents and to give them the skills to engage with their children’s online lives. More..

Internet Safety Pack For Schools

06/03/2007 16:01:40

“As part of our on-going promotion of safe Internet practice in schools, we are pleased to have been able to send this Internet Safety Pack to Schools. More...

Social Networking Websites and US Teens

06/03/2007 15:56:31

The Pew Internet and American Life Project has released another interesting report called Social Networking Websites and Teens: An Overview" by Amanda Lenhart and Mary Madden (Jan. 7, 2007). According to the report, more than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites, according to a new national survey of teenagers conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. More...

Webwise Survey of Children’s Online Behaviour

06/03/2007 15:54:57

Webwise has carried out a large-scale survey of children’s use of the Internet in order to identify their online risk behaviour. More...

E-Society - Young People and Social Networking

06/03/2007 15:54:22

An article by NCTE Director Jerome Morrissey, published in the Irish Independent of 18th April 2006, on the massive online phenomenon of Social Networking Websites. More...

Webwise Guide for Parents

06/03/2007 15:53:47

This article presents 10 tips for parents on how to make a positive impact on your child's online life. Engaging in what your child is doing online is the most important step you can take towards keeping them safe online. More...