Young call for online protection

[gkd_uk]

Ammani,12, from West Yorkshire was one of a group of children from across Europe invited by the European Commission to a conference to talk about children and online safety.

She wrote this report for the BBC News website.

I went to Brussels to take part in a three day European Youth Forum held at the European Commission. There were 27 young people from nine European countries aged between 12 and 19.

The aim of the event was to give recommendations to the government and to industry from a young adult's perspective.

I wanted to go because it sounded exciting and I want to help make a difference, making people my age safer on the internet.

I enjoyed meeting young people from all over Europe and heard lots of different views and opinions.

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[xhan]

they do actually raise some pretty good points - and the points they do raise should really be common sense to social networking sites looking to get in with the 'we're a safe social network' market.