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Digital Child Exploitation Filtering System DCEFS - Common Questions and Answers |
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Useful Links
This page provides a selection of useful links to other websites related to Internet safety, censorship and child safety issues, including some interactive sites for children.
Educational Resources for Schools and ParentsChatdangerThis page explains all about the potential dangers on interactive services online like chat, instant messenger (IM), online games, email and on mobiles. Information for kids, parents and teachers from Childnet International. NetSafe NetSafe is an independent non-profit organisation that promotes confident, safe, and responsible use of cyberspace. This page provides the latest news, research and a resource kit for schools. NetSmartz An educational resource for schools, parents and kids set up by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States. Telecom A resource for parents and caregivers that provides straightforward advice about how to keep their children safe online. SafeKids.com Safety advice and tips for families - a guide to making the Internet safe, fun and productive. Safe Search Safe Search uses filtered Safe Search technology to provide family safe search results. 4SafetyToday.com This website is one of a cluster that all have the same ultimate aim of ‘creating safer communities for young people where they are valued, nurtured and strengthened. Interactive Websites for KidsCyberkidz New Zealand online safety site for children. Includes information, puzzles, links and stories. Daily Planet Online Superman's rules for Internet safety in an online version of Clark Kent's newspaper courtesy of DC comics. Disney.com Online Safety Advice for parents from Disney.com on how to keep your child safe on the Internet. Hector's World Hector’s World is New Zealand’s free online learning resource for children 2-9 years of age. Includes a range of Internet safety resources to help teach kids about serious and complex topics like online privacy and safety. Something to Think About Be Safe! Not Sorry! A story about online safety. Yahoo! Safely Get the facts about looking good online. Safety 'Q&A' for kids, teens and parents. Local and Overseas Child Safety OrganisationsChild Exploitation and Online Protection CentreCome in to find the latest information on the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology. Find out what’s good, what’s not and what you can do about it. If you look after young people there’s an area for you too – with resources you can use in the classroom, at home or just to get with it. Most importantly, there’s also a place which anyone can use to report if they feel uncomfortable or worried about someone they are chatting to online. Childnet International Childnet is a non-profit organisation working with others to help make the Internet a great and safe place for children. The site gives details of various projects in the areas of access, awareness, protection and policy. ECPAT New Zealand ECPAT New Zealand works to ensure that children are protected both nationally and internationally against commercial sexual exploitation. Family Online Safety Institute (Internet Content Rating Association) The Internet Content Rating Association is part of the Family Online Safety Institute - an international, non-profit organization of internet leaders working to develop a safer internet. With a history stretching back to 1994, ICRA has long believed that self-regulation leads to the best balance between the free flow of digital content and protecting children from potentially harmful material. Internet Watch Foundation The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a British industry-led initiative set up in 1996 by the Internet industry to provide the UK Internet Hotline for the public and IT professionals to report criminal online content in a secure and confidential way. .Kids Domains Inc. .Kids Domains Inc. is partnered with New.net to establish and promote the development of a complete network of kid-friendly websites located at .kids domain addresses. Domain name owners can then design new content to excite, engage, and empower children under the age of 13 using the Internet throughout the world. National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children Success stories from the U.S. National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. New Zealand Government LinksOffice of Film and Literature ClassificationThe Office of Film & Literature Classification is the Government body responsible for classifying publications that may need to be restricted or banned in New Zealand. New Zealand Customs Service The Department of Internal Affairs and the New Zealand Customs Service work closely to protect New Zealand's borders from objectionable material entering or leaving the country. New Zealand Police Online Child Exploitation Across New Zealand (OCEANZ) is a specialist team proactively working to save children in New Zealand as part of a Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) focused on child exploitation. Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice exists to create a fairer and safer New Zealand and provides many services on behalf of government to help achieve this. The Ministry provides strategic and policy advice across the justice sector. It administers the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993, while the Department of Internal Affairs enforces it.
The Office of the Children's Commissioner was first established under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989. Since 2003, the Commissioner has been acting under a specific piece of legislation - the Children's Commissioner Act 2003. This Act enables the Children's Commissioner and his staff to promote the rights, health, welfare, and well-being of children and young people between the ages of 0 and 18 years. Ministry of Youth Development The Ministry of Youth Development promotes the interests of young people aged between 12 and 24 years inclusive. The Ministry encourages and assists young people to be involved in the social, educational, economic and cultural development of New Zealand, both locally and nationally. |
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Last updated: 22/06/2010 |
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