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Internet Safety Programme Goes To UK Schools
News UK efforts to improve child safety on the Internet were continued on Thursday with the launch of a nationwide education programme, devised by Childnet International and PC manufacturer Tiny. The learning programme builds on an earlier initiative...
[January 10, 2002, 17:52]
Lawyers Sceptical Of "grooming" Laws
News On recommendation from Internet children's charity Childnet International, the government is considering making the "enticement" or "luring" of children in chatrooms a criminal offence. The precise wording is less important than the definitions...
[March 6, 2001, 11:44]
Child Agencies Lambast Yahoo! Over Chatroom Apathy
News Following an investigation by ZDNet UK News, Nigel Williams, director of Childnet International, expressed concern at the way Yahoo! told ZDNet that it was working with Childnet in educating children about the dangers of using chatrooms, but...
[November 9, 2000, 15:41]
Police Chief Slams Yahoo! Chatroom Silence
News Three children's charities including Childnet International, NCH Action for Children and Childwatch lambasted the company for its policy on Internet chat. says it is in ongoing dialogue with the child agency Childnet to deal with the problem.
[November 16, 2000, 16:07]
Rape Victim's Father Demands Paedophile Crackdown
News The family's MP, Paul Burstow and Nigel Williams, director of children's Internet charity Childnet International, were also in attendance. Home secretary Jack Straw and Home Office ministers Clarke and Lord Bassam had met Wednesday morning to...
[March 1, 2001, 13:05]
UK Expert Calls For Entrapment Of Paedophiles
News If US entrapment law has been so successful in a country where freedom of speech and civil liberties are so carefully guarded, the UK has to examine why current legislation prevents a proactive approach," argued Nigel Williams, director of...
[October 25, 2000, 11:07]
Hotlines Unite For A EC Crackdown On Cybercrime
News The Inhope Web site will pave the way for international cooperation on these issues -- hotlines are now talking to each other on how to deal with child pornography and racist propaganda on the Net," said Nigel Williams, director of Childnet...
[May 28, 2001, 6:28]
Safe Surfing Test Proposed To Protect Kids
News Leading children's charities such as Childnet International and NCH Action for Children, however, dispute IPPR's criticism of filtering packages. Some instances do occasionally arise, but the software will usually allow those individual sites to be...
[January 30, 2001, 15:36]
Exclusive: Yahoo! Will Act Against Paedophiles
News King also confirmed that she is receiving advice from organisations such as Childnet International and the police. We are working closely with Childnet and the Internet Watch foundation as well as the police to deal with this problem," King told...
[November 21, 2000, 15:46]
Investigation Confirms Chatroom Dangers
News This confirms the concerns that Childnet has that chatrooms can be quite dangerous places, and that those using them need to be aware of the need to be careful, particularly if they are approached by people who want one-to-one sexual conversations...
[December 18, 2000, 10:41]
CDA Verdict Won't Affect UK Fight For Net Decency
News Nigel Williams, director of UK-based pressure group ChildNet International said that the CDA was "not quite a quick fix, but certainly a government fix to the problem. ChildNet will launch proposals at next month's Global Communications conference...
[June 27, 1997, 12:30]
British Kids' Awareness Of Internet Dangers Has Increased
News Nigel Williams, director of Childnet International, agrees that an increase in publicity about the dangers of Internet chat has made children more reluctant to give out their personal information over the Web, but said that this is not an excuse...
[July 31, 2001, 17:17]
British Web Chat Doubles
News The figures show us the scale of the problem that we face -- it's a growing interest and not a minority thing," said Nigel Williams, director of Childnet International. Britain's uptake of online chat has doubled in the last twelve months according...
[March 23, 2001, 15:15]
Government Widens Net Of Responsibility For Kids
News At last the message is getting through that the Internet industry is much broader than ISPs," said Nigel Williams, director of Childnet International. The Home Office admitted at a cybercrime summit on Wednesday that it is no longer appropriate for...
[March 29, 2001, 16:18]
High-tech Police Tackle Internet Crime
News Director of Childnet International Nigel Williams is doubtful the unit will have the resources to deal effectively with paedophiles, and is also concerned that the money provided by the Home Office does not represent new funding.
[April 18, 2001, 10:19]
Government Claims Paedophile Laws Do Not Need Updating
News Nigel Williams, director of children's charity Childnet International, is unconvinced by the Home Office's response that existing legislation, in particular the Indecency with Children Act 1960, is sufficient to deal with online enticement.
[November 1, 2000, 6:06]
Judge Calls For Internet Controls On Net Paedophilia
News When chatrooms are hosted by commercial portals, those companies have a responsibility to look at how they can improve their procedures," said Nigel Williams, director of Childnet International. A British judge has called for greater checks on...
[April 6, 2001, 15:07]
IWF Defers Newsgroup Policy Decision
News Speaking from a child protection standpoint, IWF board member Nigel Williams, representing Childnet International, is satisfied with the IWF's notification remit, but argues the importance of introducing consequences for ISPs who fail to act on...
[April 27, 2001, 16:05]
IWF Lambasted For Plan To Ban Newsgroups
News But Nigel Williams, director of children's charity Childnet International pointed out that the legal framework of the IWF has not changed -- the legality of Internet content is ultimately an issue for the courts to decide.
[July 19, 2001, 17:22]
EU Pledges Limited Net Laws
News This was encouraging," said Nigel Williams, director of UK-based pressure group ChildNet International. This isn't easy, especially with international borders. Speaking at the Global Information Networks conference in Bonn, Germany, Guenther...
[July 9, 1997, 17:00]
