European Commission promotes Safer Internet
DN: IP/00/620 Date: 2000-06-15
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Brussels, 15 June 2000
Commission promotes Safer Internet
Ten projects are being financed under the European Commission's Action Plan
on promoting safer use of the Internet.
This Action Plan runs for four years (1999 - 2002) and provides euro 25
million funding for measures to deal with illegal
and harmful content on the global network. A new call for proposals for
awareness actions and hotlines is also under way
The projects under way cover the three action lines of the Action Plan:
1. European network of hotlines
Hotlines allow members of the public to report illegal content on the
Internet. The hotlines then deal with the reports by passing
them on to the appropriate body (Internet Service Providers, the police,
hotlines in other countries) in accordance with their
operating rules. This helps to reduce the flow of illegal content and
contributes to the effective protection of Internet users.
Hotlines in 8 countries grouped together in the INHOPE association will
co-operate in Europe and internationally. Proposals for
new hotlines are invited for 7 July 2000.
2. Rating and filtering
Parental control mechanisms (rating and filtering) are a means of empowering
parents to improve safer use of the Internet by their
children. Five projects with a number of different technical approaches are
being supported.
3. Awareness
Parents, teachers and children need to be made aware of the potential of the
Internet and its drawbacks and do not always have
sufficient knowledge about the means to protect children from undesirable
content. Awareness actions contribute to the trust and
confidence of parents and teachers in safer use of the Internet by children.
Two projects are currently being funded. A new call
for proposals for awareness actions is under way with a closing date of 7
July 2000.
Details of the projects and calls are available from the Website
http://www.ispo.cec.be/iap
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