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23 November 2009
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Online Services Guidelines in Full

Children

• Introduction
• Content designed for or likely to appeal to a high proportion of children
• Links between BBC pages
• Links to external sites
• Advice for children and parents
• BBC Child Protection Policy
• Interactivity and children's sites
• Serious incidents
• Risk assessment of moderators
• Children and private online space
• Privacy and consent
• Parental consent
• Interactivity and older children

Introduction

See Section 9: Children of the Editorial Guidelines.

We aim to provide children with challenging, educative, enjoyable and interesting content to help them make sense of the world in which they live. But, at the same time, we must safeguard the welfare of children and young people both as contributors and consumers of content.

For the purposes of this guidance, a child is someone under the age of 15. A young person is someone under the age of 18.However, these are not legal definitions.

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