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Internet Safety Petition to be Presented to 10 Downing St

Nearly 30,000 people signed our Safety.Net campaign petition, which tells the Government that the internet must be made safer for children.

The petition, which launched in June 2009, will be presented to 10 Downing Street on Wednesday 20 January 2010 by celebrity supporter Levi Roots and NSPCC staff.

In the petition, the Prime Minister is urged to take action on the following six issues:

1. Stop the use of software for private sharing of child abuse images.

2. Block children's mobile phone access to adult content.

3. Ensure social networking sites protect children by proactively reviewing and removing offensive/illegal content.

4. Pre-install child safety software on all computer and mobile web devices.

5. Make therapeutic services available for children who have been abused and had pictures and films of the abuse appear on the internet.

6. Provide specialist training for professionals who deal with online offenders.

People from across the UK signed the petition, with Children First in Scotland also backing the campaign.