Google and BBC Strive For Online Child Safety

Google and BBC team up to make sure youngsters "make smart and responsible choices online."

20:47 29 April 2016

Google and BBC are working with a non-profit organisation called Internet Matters in a drive to make British children the “safest on the planet” by addressing internet safety issues ranging from cyberbullying to online privacy.

 

Alice Webb, director of BBC Children’s, said: "Keeping our young audience safe online has long been a priority for the BBC and we have an important role to play in helping to make sure messages about staying safe online hit home.

 

"Today, kids spend more time online than ever before, so equipping them for the digital world has never been more important.”

 

Eileen Naughton, managing director of Google UK and Ireland, added: “Google believes deeply in technology’s ability to unlock creativity, and we work hard to ensure that parents and children have the tools and knowledge they need to make smart and responsible choices online."

 

Carolyn Bunting, general manager of Internet Matters, added: "There’s a real demand from parents who want to know more about how to keep their children safe online, from setting parental controls and safety filters, to what it means when your 11 year old child has 900 followers on Instagram.

 

"There is not a day that goes by where the subject of internet safety is not in the news.

 

“We are here for all parents who are affected by the pace of change in the digital world, but who would like to know more, talk more and do more to protect their children."