The Click Clever, Click Safe programme is based on the road safety initiative, the Green Cross Code.But instead of ‘stop, look, listen', children will be taught to ‘zip it, block it, flag it’ and the lessons will form a compulsory part of the curriculum in primary schools.
With the Government estimating that 90 per cent of children aged between 8 and 17 have access to the internet, the new internet safety lessons will tackle topics such as cyber-bullying and paedophiles, alongside warnings about giving out personal information.
Launching the plans, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "The internet provides our children with a world of entertainment, opportunity and knowledge – a world literally at their fingertips."
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(UK council for Child Internet Saftey)