Child Protection

Online safety has been at the media forefront of late.  The PM’s announcement on 22nd July created quite a stir; debate, anger, relief and all manner of other emotions.  Frustratingly some media reporting has also caused confusion and frustration through a lack of understanding of the two very separate issues at hand The illegal vile […]

PM David Cameron’s Internet Filtering Announcement Read More »

e-Safety, the protection of children online, has been hitting a lot of headlines over the past few months both in the public and education sector. [testimonial_wrap] [testimonial]This is, quite simply, about how we protect our children and their innocence.[client_name] [/client_name][/testimonial] [/testimonial_wrap] Today, the Prime Minister, David Cameron has made a series of announcements that have

Child Internet Safety – thoughts on David Cameron’s Speech Read More »

Making the Internet a Safer Place Recent high profile media reports have stirred some interesting debates surrounding the extent and ease to which child abuse images are available on the Internet.  This has further fuelled debates about how we can make the Internet a safer place. The phrase “making the Internet a safer place” is

Making the Internet a Safer Place – Realistic? Read More »

e-Safety continually challenges me; the Internet continually fascinates me. It is a world where everything and anything goes from the extraordinary to the downright weird, and it is one of the fundamental principles of e-safety: don’t believe everything you read; question everything. I’m a firm believer in freedom of speech and the right to express

What has e-Safety got to do with My Little Pony? Read More »

Cyberbullying is fast becoming the scourge of social networks.  e-Safety is many things, with many risks and significant concerns, and there is a lot of scaremongering surrounding e-safety.  But when it comes to the death of a child through suicide there is a rage inside of me which is continually fuelled through the apathy of

Cyberbullying – another child lost Read More »