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25 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

Links between BBC pages

• We should not link from a site whose associated radio or television programme is designed to attract a child audience to one whose associated radio or television programme contains material which is clearly unsuitable for children.
• Any material on the BBC Home page must be suitable for a general audience including children.
• The first click from the BBC Home page should not normally lead straight to a page which includes material which is unsuitable for a general audience.

For more advice see Section 8: Harm & Offence .

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