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15 November 2005
The Home Office's Internet Task Force today published guidance on how you can keep your children safe on the internet.
As the internet grows more popular and ever larger, so searching for information becomes a greater part of what you do online. This document offers advice on how your children can search for the information they need safely.
The document covers:
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what an internet search actually is, why users sees the results they do and how search is generally made available on the internet
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advice for parents and carers on safe searching
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guidance for service providers and what they can do to make searching on the internet as safe as possible for children
The document discusses the variety of searches you can make and how this affects the results you get. It also provides practical guidance on how to use search effectively but safely, for example, by monitoring or filtering your search results.
Commenting on the publication of the guidance, Peter Robbins of the Internet Watch Foundation, said:
'Navigating the internet has never been more popular than today... The guidance is aimed at raising awareness amongst parents and carers of children, and setting a benchmark for internet service providers to aspire to.'
More information
Take a look at the Safe Searching Online document (see pages 15 onwards specifically) for more information and advice on safe searching for your children.
Find out more about the work of the Home Office's Internet Task Force (new window) for child protection on the Home Office police website.
