The next Administration needs to co-ordinate the work being done by the Departments of Justice, Commerce & Education as well as the FTC and FCC in the complex and challenging area of online safety. We need national leadership to ensure that more research is carried out, national awareness raising is launched and that online safety messages reach every school child and their parents.

Under the Clinton Administration we had annual White House Summits on online safety and the President and Vice President used their bully pulpit to urge industry and schools to do more. It is time we had joined-up government and real political leadership to create a much safer online environment for our kids to grow up in.