the Youth Protection Roundtable is moving fast forward towards its goal to develop recommendations for youth protection on the Internet. These recommendations will be presented to the public during the Final Conference of the project, scheduled for April 3, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. High-level representatives of the European Commission, governments, welfare organisations and companies will take part in a panel discussion and members of the Roundtable project will showcase best practice examples for the implementation of the recommendations. You are kindly invited to join the conference, early bird registration - free of charge - is open now under
http://www.yprt.eu/registration
Games are besides social networking sites the most popular content on the Internet especially for young people as we have learned from the Young Roundtable in May. It therefore seems to be worth to take a closer look on this subject. The most important European fair for computer games, the 'Games Convention' took place in Leipzig, Germany, last week. The organisers have given themselves a small Code of Conduct to ensure that the legal regulations for youth protection are respected. All visitors received non-removable bracelets marking their age so that no underage person could get access to inappropriate games at the booths in the exhibition halls. But this type of 'youth protection' is likely to work only in the real world, while most children have access to computer games online and parents and pedagogues need help to guide them. Please read about new insights into this topical subject and take kindly note of the news, events and research in this newsletter.
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