Legal Framework 

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Establish, mutatis mutandis, that any act against a child which is illegal in the real world is illegal online and that the online data protection and privacy rules for children are also adequate. 

Actors and Stakeholders 

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Engage all the relevant national 

stakeholders with an interest in online child protection 

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Child Protection  

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Universal and systematic child protection mechanisms are in place that oblige all those working with children to identify, respond and report incidents of abuse and harm that occur online. 

Regulatory Framework 

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Consider the regulatory policy development.  This may include a self or co-regulatory policy development as well as a full regulatory framework.   

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Research 

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Undertake research of the spectrum of national actors and stakeholders to determine their opinions, experiences, concerns and opportunities with regards to child online protection.

National Awareness  

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Organise national awareness campaigns to create the opportunity to universally highlight child online protection issues.

Reporting - illegal content 

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Ensure that a mechanism is established and is widely promoted to provide a readily understood means for reporting the variety of illegal content found on the Internet 

Education Digital Literacy and Competency 

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Digital literacy features as part of any national school curriculum that is age appropriate and applicable to all children.

Tools, services and settings 

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Consider the role that device settings, technical tools (such as filtering programmes) and child protection apps and settings can play.

Reporting - User concerns 

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Industry should provide users with the opportunity to report concerns and issues to their users and respond accordingly

Educational Resources 

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Develop Internet safety messages and materials which reflect local cultural norms and laws and ensure that these are efficiently distributed and appropriately presented to all key target audiences.