*Internet Safety Technical Task Force Releases Final Report on Enhancing
Child Safety and Online Technologies *
*Findings To Be Presented Today at State of the Net Conference in
Washington, D.C. *
*January 14, 2009, Cambridge, Mass., and Washington, D.C.* – The Berkman
Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University today released the final
report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, a group of 29 leading
Internet businesses, non-profit organizations, academics, and technology
companies that joined together for a year-long investigation of tools and
technologies to create a safer environment on the Internet for youth.
The Task Force was created in February 2008 in accordance with the Joint
Statement on Key Principles of Social Networking Safety announced in January
2008 by the Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking
and MySpace. The report was delivered to the 52 Attorneys General in
December, 2008.
To read the final report, including the executive summary, as well as
reaction statements from members of the Task Force, visit:
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* *http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/isttf*