Online safety: Facebook, the GRID project and the ‘panic button’ myth

For a while, it seemed as if the ongoing debate about online safety, and all the expertise engaged with that, was obscured by simplified ‘panic button’ coverage in the spat between Facebook and Ceop, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre.
In the meantime, the Family Online Safety Institute had been collaborating on something far more worthwhile – an international directory of online safety initiatives. GRID features profiles, an outline of projects and initiatives and details of research and legislation in 150 countries.