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Children using the internet can be at risk from paedophiles trying to make contact. Simon Vevers shows how clubs can set up protective measures vulnerable. School children are given advice on safe sex and the dangers of drug abuse and yet, staggeringly, in the view of Rachel O'Connell, it is not mandatory to have internet safety training in the classroom. As a member of the Home Office Internet Taskforce this is just one area where she is pressing for measures to ensure children can navigate the web safely whether at school, in out-of-school clubs or at home.

School children are given advice on safe sex and the dangers of drug abuse and yet, staggeringly, in the view of Rachel O'Connell, it is not mandatory to have internet safety training in the classroom. As a member of the Home Office Internet Taskforce this is just one area where she is pressing for measures to ensure children can navigate the web safely whether at school, in out-of-school clubs or at home.

Most exchanges on the internet are entirely appropriate and innocent, but without adequate education and protective measures children can face risks - and Ms O'Connell is well-placed to speak about them.

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