Call for improved child safety on the net [Galway Independent]
- Published: 17 March 2010
Fianna Fáil MEP Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher has called on the European Commission to improve child safety on the internet and in particular on social networking sites. At present over half of European teenagers provide personal information to websites and social networks, which then can be seen by anybody.
The Commission has already established the 'safer internet programme', which is a self-regulatory agreement. However, it offers no sanctions if companies fail to implement the guidelines.
"Since its creation in 2009, only 20 companies (including Google, Bebo, Facebook, MySpace and Daily Motion) have signed up to this programme. What is the Commission doing to encourage more companies to sign up and how are they monitoring the implementation of this agreement?" he asked.
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