Online Safety Resources–Kids and Parents
SAFEKIDS.COM • SAFETEENS.COM • NETFAMILYNEWS.ORG
- A COMPREHENSIVE DIRECTORY OF ONLINE SAFETY RESOURCES Keeping kids safe on their Internet journey and encouraging responsible behavior online is a common goal of parents and teachers everywhere. This frequently updated directory provides easy access to hundreds of resources that have been developed worldwide.
- SAFEKIDS.COM One of the Net’s oldest and most comprehensive Internet safety sites, operated by ConnectSafely co-director Larry Magid
- NETFAMILYNEWS.ORG As a public service for parents, educators, and everyone interested in young people’s use of technology, NetFamilyNews is the "community newspaper" of a vital interest community. Founded in 1999 by ConnectSafely.org co-director Anne Collier as a nonprofit
- CYBERTIPLINE.COM The Congressionally mandated CyberTipline is a reporting mechanism for cases of child sexual exploitation including child pornography, online enticement of children for sex acts, molestation of children outside the family, sex tourism of children, child v
- CENTER FOR SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE INTERNET USE Operated by Internet educator and author Nancy Willard, CSRIU provides excellent advice and analysis about cyberbullying and other aspects of online safety.
- CHILDNET INTERNATIONAL A UK-based nonprofit organization, Childnet provides online safety education to youth, parents, educators, and policymakers with a great deal of input from young people themselves. Its long list of resources include a powerful short film on cyberbullying,
- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH A non-profit organization dedicated to protecting kids from pornography as well as sexual predators. They tend to take a bit more of a rules-based approach than we do, but we respect their commitment and passion for keeping kids safe.
- FAMILY ONLINE SAFETY INSTITUTE The Family Online Safety Institute is an international non-profit organization that facilitates the meeting of thought leaders in technology and policy in order to find innovative solutions for children’s online safety.
- GETNETWISE.ORG Run by the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Internet Education Foundation, GetNetWise is one of the Web’s most comprehensive collections of information about children’s Internet safety and family computer security. Includes a searchable database of parent
- NETSMARTZ.ORG Online-safety education for kids, parents, educators, and law enforcement from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (which also operates CyberTipline.com)
- SAFETEENS.COM The sister site to SafeKids.com with Net safety advice for teens and parents of teens from Larry Magid, co-director of ConnnectSafely.org
