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8 December 2009
Today the government launched a strategy document that sets out how government, industry, charities and other organisations will work together to help children stay safe online.
The strategy, Click clever click safe (new window), has three aims:
- creating a safer online environment
- giving everybody the skills, knowledge and understanding to help children and young people stay safe online
- inspiring safe and responsible use and behaviour
Released alongside the strategy is the campaign Zip it, block it, flag it, which encourages children to keep safe online by keeping personal information private, blocking messages and reporting inappropriate online behaviour. This new digital code is intended for use by schools, retailers and social network sites, and aims to be the ‘green cross code’ for internet safety.
The strategy and the campaign are both measures from the UK Council for Child Internet Safety. The council brings together over 150 internet organisations and is chaired by ministers from the Home Office and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Find out more
Further details on the strategy and code are available on the UK Council for Child Internet Safety website (new window).
