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 MemberSenate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

The Honorable John F. Kerry

ChairmanSenate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet

The Honorable John Ensign

Ranking MemberSenate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet

The Honorable Henry Waxman

, ChairmanHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce

The Honorable Joe Barton

, Ranking MemberHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce

The Honorable Rick Boucher

, ChairmanHouse Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet

The Honorable Cli Stearns

, Ranking MemberHouse Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet

From: Hemanshu Nigam

, Co-ChairOnline Saety and Technology Working Group

Anne Collier

, Co-ChairOnline 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 transmitthis 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 onlineenvironment or children;2. The status o industry eorts to promote online saety among providers o electroniccommunications services and remote computing services by reporting apparent childpornography, including any obstacles to such reporting;3. The practices o electronic communications service providers and remote computingservice providers related to record retention in connection with crimes against children;and4. The development o technologies to help parents shield their children rominappropriate material on the Internet. The report contains recommendations in each o the above categories, as well some generalrecommendations. We believe these recommendations will urther advance our collective goal toprovide a saer online experience to our children.