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Summary

Use the bookmarks in the browser: For younger children bookmark good websites in the browser – see the New to Computers section to find out how.

Use child friendly search engines: Some examples are: www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/search or http://kids.yahoo.com

Do smart searches: Use the filter option in your search engine.
(On Google, you can do this by clicking on ‘preferences’)

Check to see if a site is valid: For a checklist to see if a website is a valid source of information see: www.quick.org.uk

Install filtering software: For a fuller list of filtering packages and what they can do visit: http://kids.getnetwise.org/tools

Report illegal content: To report Illegal content that you come across on a website or a mobile phone visit the Internet Watch Foundation website: www.iwf.org.uk

All organisations and their website links are correct at time of writing (July 2008).

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