The Australian Federal Government is establishing a joint select committee to report on cyber-safety issues and ways to deal with them. The 12 member committee will investigate the online experience of Australian children, including cyber-bullying, exposure to illegal content and "inappropriate" social and health behaviors.

The committee will study the following:

• The prevalence, implications and risk of identity theft and breaches of privacy
• The effectiveness of cyber-safety measures such as education, filtering, regulation and enforcement.

The committee is expected to present a final report by February 11, 2011.

Source: Feds to establish cyber-safety committee, itnews, February 25, 2010

Tags: Australia, online child safety