05 July 2011
Safer Social Networking for Children & Young People
The European Commission has reinforced its commitment to self-regulatory guidance for social networking sites used by children and young people.
The recent survey Social Networking, Age and Privacy from EUKidsOnline has highlighted the current status of protection of children and young people on social networking sites. The report was funded by the EC and highlights the need for organisations to adopt the principles in Safer Social Networking Principles, first agreed and published in 2009.
The seven principles are:
- Raise awareness of safety education messages and acceptable use policies to users, parents, teachers and carers in a prominent, clear and age-appropriate manner
- Work towards ensuring that services are age-appropriate for the intended audience
- Empower users through tools and technology
- Provide easy-to-use mechanisms to report conduct or content that violates the Terms of Service
- Respond to notifications of illegal content or conduct
- Enable and encourage users to employ a safe approach to personal information and privacy
- Assess the means for reviewing illegal or prohibited content/conduct
The survey found rather mixed results when testing these principles on 14 web sites; further sites are to be tested later this year.
Posted on: 05 July 2011 at 20:25 hrs
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