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YOUTH SAFETY ON A LIVING INTERNET:
REPORT OF THE ONLINE SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP
JUNE 4, 2010
To:
The Honorable Lawrence E. Strickling
Assistant Secretary o Commerce
The Honorable John D. Rockeeller IV, Chairman
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
The Honorable Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
The Honorable John F. Kerry, Chairman
Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
The Honorable John Ensign, Ranking Member
Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
The Honorable Henry Waxman, Chairman
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
The Honorable Joe Barton, Ranking Member
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
The Honorable Rick Boucher, Chairman
House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
The Honorable Cli Stearns, Ranking Member
House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
From: Hemanshu Nigam, Co-Chair
Online Saety and Technology Working Group
Anne Collier, Co-Chair
Online Saety and Technology Working Group
Date: June 4, 2010
On behal o the Online Saety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG), we are pleased to transmit
this report to you. As mandated, we reviewed and evaluated:

1. The status o industry eorts to promote online saety through educational eorts, parental control technology, blocking and ltering sotware, age-appropriate labels or content or other technologies or initiatives designed to promote a sae online environment or children;

2. The status o industry eorts to promote online saety among providers o electronic communications services and remote computing services by reporting apparent child pornography, including any obstacles to such reporting;

3. The practices o electronic communications service providers and remote computing
service providers related to record retention in connection with crimes against children;
and

4. The development o technologies to help parents shield their children rom
inappropriate material on the Internet.

The report contains recommendations in each o the above categories, as well some general
recommendations. We believe these recommendations will urther advance our collective goal to
provide a saer online experience to our children.

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