Today is World Net Safety day! Hooray! - all around the globe, in 31 countries, events are being held to raise awareness of the dangers of Internet use, particularly for the vulnerable, such as young children. Blogathons are being held in places such as Canada and Australia (where people run for 26 miles with a personal computer strapped to their backs) and there is a training scheme being launched in the UK to raise awareness of the issues amongst those working with young children.
According to recent surveys, many teenagers stumble across nasty sites on the web by accident. Presumably there are now moves afoot to remove said offending images, so it's curtains for the 10 Downing Street website, I guess....
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