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A short presentation given at a Safer Internet Day presentation in Moscow, February 2012
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A (very) brief history of
US Internet safety Anne Collier
Co-DirectorConnectSafely.org
Internet safety lawsCDA – passed 1996, struck down in 1997 by U.S. Supreme Court in unanimous decision COPA – passed in 1998, immediately blocked by a federal court (only the beginning of its story)CIPA – became law in 2000; challenged in courts. Supreme Court upheld but modified CIPA in 2004.
Internet safety education• 1st five years (‘95-’00): No research,
law enforcement primary source, common sense
• 2nd five years: 1st national task force; research emerged, but misrepresented
• 3rd five years: Series of social-media panics
Decreased exposure to harm In the US, 2000-’10, children’s exposure to online
pornography declined 12% Declines in nearly all youth social problems in US:
EU Kids Online: Risk vs. harm
US’s social-media technopanic
2008 ‘Berkman’national task forceReview of youth-risk research:Harassment & cyberbullying =
most common riskNot all youth are equally at risk A child’s psychosocial makeup & environment
are better predictors of online risk than the technology he or she uses
No single technological development can solve youth online risk
“Promote digital citizenship in pre-K-12 education as a national priority.”
– Youth Safety on a Living Internet:Report of the Online Safety & Technology Working Group
Our report to Congress, June 2010...
