Archive: Good practice guidance for the moderation of interactive services for children

(Originally published 23rd November 2005)

The Home Office Guidelines on "Good practice guidance for the moderation of interactive services for children" have been published and are available to download.

Quoting from the Home Office website

Good practice guidance for the moderation of interactive services for children

"This guidance has been produced in response to public concern about the safety of children using interactive communication services, such as the Internet.

The purpose of the guidance is to describe the types of moderation that can be used; to inform organisations of all the issues they should take into account when assessing the need for moderation of interactive services, and to inform organisations of the issues they should take into account in the recruitment, training and supervision of moderators."

To download the guidelines follow this link:

http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/operational-policing/moderation.pdf

eModeration's CEO and founder, Tamara Littleton, has been personally involved in the creation of these guidelines and she is delighted that they will now have a wider audience and help combat chat room danger as there is a wealth of experience and information available for any online publisher or TV broadcaster who runs interactive services aimed at or likely to attract children.

For advice on conducting a risk assessment or to get in touch with Tamara Littleton directly please contact

Tamara Littleton
CEO
eModeration Limited
e: tamara@emoderation.com