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WASHINGTON - The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) has applauded the final report of the Online Safety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG) for recognizing that there is no single solution to keeping kids safe online and finding that all stakeholders including parents, industry, educators, and government must work to improve online safety.

This review maps the latest relevant evidence on the main topics related to the online risks to children, draws out some of the key findings from the evidence, and indicates where there are currently gaps where future research may be needed.

The main topics investigated as part of the review include:

New research from Eurydice at NFER shows how 30 European countries teach children about online safety. The research was carried out by the Eurydice information network on education in Europe, to support the European Commission’s Safer Internet Programme. 

Main findings

Education on Online Safety (OS) is included in the school curriculum in 24 of the 30 European countries or regions, but it is implemented through a range of different paths and levels of intensity. Specific topics include:

Professor Tanya Byron has confirmed the UK as a world leader in child internet safety but advised that Government and Industry need to make faster progress in delivery if the UK is to stay ahead of advances in technology.

Today we’ve published our annual UK Children's Media Literacy Audit, which provides an overview of media literacy among children and young people and their parents and carers.

Key Findings include:

To mark Safer Internet Day on 9 February, the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) launched its ‘Click Clever Click Safe’ campaign to promote internet safety amongst children and parents. The campaign is designed to encourage parents to remember the digital code ‘Zip It, Block It, Flag It.’

These days millions of us regularly post information about ourselves on the internet – from updates and photos on social networking sites to videos and blogs. It’s important that everyone knows how to manage their information and identity online, particularly children and young people. But how can we be sure that children know what they should and shouldn’t post online or how to use the privacy settings on social networking sites?

The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) review of the evidence about children’s online risks and safety