As relatively new concerns such as cyberbullying, sexting and other online dangers join pornography and online predation as major concerns for those interested in online child safety, Governments and other agencies are starting to investigate and learn these issues, and present reports with an abundance of interesting information and statistics as well as recommendations.

Following are some of the more significant reports.

US

• Youth Safety on a Living Internet, a report of the Online Safety & Technology Working Group (OSTWG), released June 2010
• Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, The Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2010
• Parental Controls & Online Child Protection: A Survey of Tools & Methods, Special Report by The Progress Freedom Foundation, latest version September 2008

UK

• Safer Children in a Digital World, The report of the Byron Review, released March, 2008.
  Also see The Byron Review Action Plan, June 2008

Europe

• Promoting safe and responsible use of online technology, insafe annual report, 2008.
  Insafe is a European network of Awareness Centres promoting safe, responsible use of the Internet and mobile devices to young people

Australia

• Click and connect: Young Australians’ use of online social media, The Australian Communications and Media Authority, July 2009

We will continue to update this list as these come out.