Internet safety is one of my topic as I already have started blog to help people to be safe online.

My target audiences are specifically parents, teachers, youngsters and kids.

Good post.

The HUWY project http://huwy.eu/ aims to do something very similar for young people (aged around 16 -21).

It’s a pilot - at the moment running in UK, Ireland, Germany and Estonia -due to launch online in December.

We’d love to work with you to keep young people involved in policies and legislation that impact on the Internet. We also think that this is the best way to govern the Internet.

-Ella

After a very good presentation by Phil Kingsland they agreed that it was the only sensible way forward but it was politically boring, compared to jumping on a Daily Mail “something must be done” bandwagon. In consequence we run the risk of a Dangerous Computers Act in the UK, let alone a concerted attempt by Governments around the world to bring the Internet to heel, perhaps under the guise of co-operation against terrorism and money laundering (alias tax avoidance)

Their answer to this, and to the other problems raised, was to get many more of the Internet Community, especially those suppliers who want to be loved and left alone, involved in educating their own constituency MPs and candidates rather than leaving it to others.

I would add the need to persuade sales and marketing directors that better practice than the competition wins more business and to persuade finance directors that co-operating with the competition to address common problems makes for more profitable business. That approach raises other governance problems but I do not believe we will succeed until we engage their hearts and wallets.

That said, I look forward to working with you and colleagues to overcome the problems I have just flagged.