The UK Government has published an action plan to make the internet safer for children.

The action plan aims to deliver on Dr Tanya Byron's recommendations in her report "Safer Children in a Digital World".

The Action Plan sets out detailed actions and milestones including:

• how the new UK Council for Child Internet Safety will be set up
• the development of a self regulatory approach by industry which will make the internet safer for children
• reforming the classification system for video games, including plans to launch a consultation to consider all necessary evidence around current and future video games classification

Further information is available from the Department for Children, Schools and Families press release.