*Internet Safety Technical Task Force Releases Final Report on Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies *

*Findings To Be Presented Today at State of the Net Conference in Washington, D.C. *

*January 14, 2009, Cambridge, Mass., and Washington, D.C.* – The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University today released the final report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, a group of 29 leading Internet businesses, non-profit organizations, academics, and technology companies that joined together for a year-long investigation of tools and technologies to create a safer environment on the Internet for youth.

The Task Force was created in February 2008 in accordance with the Joint Statement on Key Principles of Social Networking Safety announced in January 2008 by the Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking and MySpace. The report was delivered to the 52 Attorneys General in December, 2008.

To read the final report, including the executive summary, as well as reaction statements from members of the Task Force, visit: * * *http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/isttf*