JOSEPH SAVIRIMUTHU is Lecturer in Law at the Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool, UK. He is co-editor ofa special issue on 'Identity, Privacy and New Technologies' for the International Journal of Intellectual Property Management.

'Online Child Safety: Law, Technology and Governance provides a timely, broad-ranging and well written examination of the key stakeholders, challenges , tensions and legal frameworks which characterise the governance issues associated with online child safety.' - Jo Bryce, COUNTER Project Coordinator & Director of Research Cyberspace Research Unit in the School of Psychology, University of Central Lanashire, UK

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction  Regulating Risks: Convergence, Technology and Social Policy  Online Sexual Grooming of Children, Obscene Content and Peer Victimization: Legal and Investigatory Issues  Trans-Border Challenges to Enforcing Online Child Safety Laws  Online Child Safety: International Cooperation and Policymaking  Online Child Safety, Civil Society and the Private Sector: Alternative Strategies  The Child, Media Literacy and Policy Implications  Concluding Thoughts: The Tethered Child Notes Bibliography Index