The U.S. and EU agreed Tuesday to make the Internet...
The U.S. and EU agreed Tuesday to make the Internet safer for children, the European Commission said. The declaration (http://xrl.us/bn2ohv), signed by Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, calls for joint campaigns on the…
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annual Safer Internet Day, with DHS participating in the EU’s Feb. 5 observance. Both sides also committed to contribute to international cooperation in fighting child sexual abuse online in the immediate future, the EC said. The declaration acknowledged that parents and guardians need to trust the content and services their children access and promised to keep working with industry and other players to help parents and youngsters make informed choices on the Internet. In related news, the European Parliament approved a non-binding resolution calling for stronger online protection of children. Lawmakers pressed EU governments to ramp up efforts, through law, cooperation or sharing good practice, to combat illegal or harmful content and ensure that online resources are less risky. The resolution proposed that education in new digital media for children, parents and teachers be included in formal and informal education programs, Parliament said. It also recommended that Internet service suppliers and institutional players coordinate better on hotlines to make it easier to report illegal content or abuse. Parliament stressed the need for better cooperation with non-EU countries to allow content to be taken down faster. It also backed technologies such as parental control tools or age verification systems to keep children from accessing inappropriate content.