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ISC response to the Byron Review

30 November 2007

The Prime Minister, Secretary of State Children Schools and Families and Secretary of State Culture Media and Sport announced on 6 September 2007 that Dr Tanya Byron, consultant clinical psychologist, would conduct an independent review of the risks to children from exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material on the internet and in video games.

The objectives of the review were:

To undertake a review of the evidence on risks to children's safety and wellbeing of exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material on the internet and in video games.

To assess the effectiveness and adequacy of existing measures to help prevent children from being exposed to such material and help parents understand and manage the risks of access to inappropriate content, and to make recommendations for improvements or additional action.

Further details are available at:
www.dcsf.gov.uk/byronreview

ISC response:

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