Internet Consultant

John is Secretary of the UK's Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety, comprising all of the UK's major professional child welfare organizations. He was previously the Head of the Children and Technology Unit at NCH. The focus of much of John's work is on the "digital divide", seeking to ensure all children and young people can benefit from the wonderful opportunities presented by the new technologies. He has given special attention to the needs of handicapped children and other disadvantaged groups.

John is a member of the British Government's Internet Task Force on Child Protection and is also a member of the Education Ministry's Task Force charged with ensuring that all families with children of school age have internet access at home. His publications include "A Parent's Guide to the Internet", "The Role of the Internet In the Commission of Crime", "Child Pornography, Child Abuse and the Internet" and, in 2001, he wrote the theme paper on child pornography that was presented to the 2nd World Congress on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, held in Yokohama, organized by UNICEF and the Government of Japan.

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