Internet Safety

Cheshire east safeguarding Children’s Partnership recognises that electronic communications - via mobile phones, internet resources such as social networking sites, and email - play a very significant role in the lives of children and young people. Their use, however, is not always safe; electronic media can be involved in the victimisation and abuse of children.

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre have developed a website called Think U Know? which has sections on internet safety aimed at:

• children aged 5 - 7
• children aged 8 - 10
• young people aged 11-16
• parents, and
• teachers

The website ParentInfo provides many tips on awareness of online safety.

The Internet Watch Foundation was established in 1996 by the internet industry to provide the UK internet IWF Hotline for the public and IT professionals to report criminal online content in a secure and confidential way.