Protect, Prevent, Pursue.

 “The arrival of new technology almost invariably offers far more opportunity than it does risk and never has this been more true than it is today in the world of education...it’s about how we help young people to benefit from innovation safely. The time has come to ensure that children and young people are able to take advantage of the wonders that technology brings without the danger."

"The use of technology to groom children through the internet and social networking is already a real concern and mobile phones are an addition to this. ”

"Businesses need to do more to help parents enable their children to use the internet safely and responsibly. Websites should make it straightforward for people to complain about offensive content, and should have systems that allow them to feed back what they have done in response.

Tim Loughton – Former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children & Families – DfE.

Facts

  • Latest OFCOM figures suggest that 50% of 8-11 year old and 88% of 12-15 year olds own mobile phones, making sharing sexual images and content via mobile devices very easy.

  • Around 10% of 8-15 year olds who use the internet at home report seeing things that make them feel sad, frightened or embarrassed online – OFCOM

  • 12% of 8-11 year olds and 24% of 12-15 year olds say that they use social networking sites to communicate with people not directly known to them

  • The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) receives more than 600 reports of grooming a month (OFCOM)

  • 19% of UK 11-16 year old internet users have seen one or more type of potentially harmful user-generated content, rising to 32% of 14-16 year old girls. (EU Kids Online II)

  • 21% of UK children say they have been bullied and 7% say this occurred on the internet – EU Kids Online II

  • E-safety will feature in the new school inspection framework as of September 2012. The aim is to drive improvements in school safeguarding strategies, and protect children in the virtual spaces - OFSTED

Welcome to Engage Media Solutions inaugural Child Internet Safety summit which is celebrating the 10th anniversary of global Safer Internet Day, at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster. 

This event will bring together senior officials from Government, Business and Academia to discuss, understand and demonstrate how we can protect children online in a world of rapid technological advancement.

This unique conference and exhibition will provide a platform for all those responsible for safeguarding children at grass roots level to meet and network with senior officials who are working to ensure provisions are in place to assist them in reducing the dangers that children are exposed to whilst online.

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