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Digital Child Exploitation Filtering System |
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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. Disclaimer All links and references to other websites, organisations or people not within the Department of Internal Affairs are provided for the user's convenience only, and should not be taken as endorsement of those websites, or of the information contained in those websites, nor of organisations or people referred to. The Department of Internal Affairs also does not implicitly or impliedly endorse any website, organisation or people who have off-site links to this website. See our Copyright information. Educational Resources for Schools and ParentsThe New Zealand Internet Safety Group http://www.netsafe.org.nz Latest news, research and a resource kit for schools from the New Zealand-based Internet Safety Group. NetSmartz http://www.netsmartz.org/ An educational resource for schools, parents and kids set up by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States. Chatdanger http://www.chatdanger.com How to keep safe in chatrooms. Information for kids, parents and teachers from Childnet International. Telecom http://telecom.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/telecom.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1800 How to keep kids safe online - Q&As. Safe Kids.com http://www.safekids.com/ Family guide to making the Internet safe, fun and productive. Safe Search http://www.safesearch.co.nz/ Safe Search uses filtered SafeSearch technology to provide family safe search results. Young New Zealanders' Foundation (Internet Safety): http://www.4safetytoday.com/internet-safety.php New Zealand info on web filtering software reproduced from NetGuide magazine for the Safer Streets Trust website. Interactive Websites for Kids New Zealand’s animated cybersafety resource for kids. Includes a range of internet safety resources to help teach children between 2-10 years old about the safe use of the Internet. New Zealand online safety site for children. Includes information, puzzles, links and stories. Have fun learning Internet safety and protocol with this animated interactive game from Disney Online. Three interactive comic stories that teach important lessons of Internet safety from Disney Online.
Superman's rules for Internet safety in an online version of Clark Kent's newspaper courtesy of DC comics. Local and Overseas Child Safety OrganisationsEcpat New Zealand http://www.ecpat.org.nzECPAT NZ works to ensure that children are protected both nationally and internationally against commercial sexual exploitation. National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.missingkids.com Success stories from the U.S. National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. Internet Watch Foundation http://www.internetwatch.org.uk/ The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a British industry-led initiative set up in 1996 to address the problem of illegal material on the Internet, particularly child pornography. It implements proposals jointly agreed by the UK government, the UK police, and the two major UK service provider trade associations, ISPA and LINX. Internet Content Rating Association http://www.icra.org/ An independent, non-profit organization with offices in the US and Europe. ICRA's aim is to protect children from potentially harmful material while protecting the free speech rights of content providers, by operating its own a website labelling system. .Kids Domains, Inc. http://www.kidsdomains.org/kdi/index.htm .Kids Domains, Inc. promotes the development of a complete network of kid-friendly websites located at .kids domain addresses. Their goal is to organise and support a community of kid-friendly websites, dedicated to children under the age of 13, that provide an interesting, educational, fun, and growing experience. Childnet International http://www.childnet-int.org/ Childnet is a non-profit organisation working around the world to help make the Internet a great place for children. The site gives details of various projects in the four key areas of access, awareness, protection and policy. New Zealand Government LinksThe Office of Film and Literature Classification http://www.censorship.govt.nzProtecting Our Innocence (Ministry of Justice 2002) http://www.justice.govt.nz/pubs/reports/2002/protect-innocence/index.html New Zealand's National Plan of Action Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, produced by the Ministry of Justice in February 2002. This is a comprehensive examination of the four main activities that exploit children for their commercial value: child prostitution, child pornography, child sex tourism and child trafficking for sexual purposes. It also details some of the laws, social policies, administrative measures and programmes which have been developed to respond to child abuse and exploitation in general. New Zealand Police http://www.police.govt.nz New Zealand Customs Service http://www.customs.govt.nz Commissioner for Children http://www.occ.org.nz The Office of the Commissioner for Children was established under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989 to monitor and review policy and practice under the Act, and promote the welfare of children and young people and ensure that their rights are recognised. Ministry of Justice http://www.justice.govt.nz/ The Ministry of Justice provides strategic and policy advice across the justice sector. The Ministry of Justice administers the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993, while the Department of Internal Affairs enforces it. Ministry of Youth Development http://www.myd.govt.nz/index.aspx The Ministry of Youth Development promotes the interests of young people aged between 12 and 24 years inclusive. MYD encourages and assists the involvement of young people in the social, educational, economic and cultural development of New Zealand, both locally and nationally. |
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Last updated: 09/09/2009 |
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