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Internet Safety for Kids

Explore this helpful guide on Internet Safety for Kids, a comprehensive resource for parents navigating the digital world. From setting up parental controls to fostering open conversations about online behavior, this article equips you with practical strategies.

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Building Your Kids-Friendly Website with Ease

Creating a website need not be too difficult.  With a little technical knowledge, you can create a simple website designed to enhance your online presence, making it easier for others to discover you on search engines beyond just relying on social media platforms.

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.KiDS Domains for All Things Kids

Kids today are growing up in a hyper connected world, yet they are often most vulnerable to experience harm online.  Try as we may, research suggests that parents tend to underestimate children‘s experiences of harm online.  This is especially true for kids...

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Finding Common Ground With Your Kids Online

For parents, it can be difficult keeping up with the constant life your kids are leading online. What’s new and exciting today might be dated tomorrow. What appealed at five years of age is pretty unlikely to appeal at eight and almost definitely won’t at 10. Being...

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.Kids TLD Registrations Begin Today with Brands First

DotKids Foundation, registry operator for the new “.kids” top-level-domain (TLD), is pleased to announce the commencement of registration for the .kids community TLD.  .Kids is the first TLD dedicated to the best interests of kids, so that parents can rest assured that their kids safety online is taken to heart. 

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It’s time for .kids – DNW Podcast #399

This week I chat with Edmon Chung. Edmon is the CEO of .Asia and a member of the ICANN Board of Directors. He’s busy getting ready for the launch of .kids. On today’s show, I ask Edmon why it has taken so long to launch the domain, who it’s for, and what his organization is doing to prevent content not suitable for kids from showing up on .kids domains.

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Hello World!

Hello World!

From clothing labels to media groups, .kids domain name will be a top choice for popular brands. Fun, catchy and meaningful, .kids domains can be part of a simple and effective solution to raise life-long brand loyalty now.

Hello! DotAsia is excited to introduce .kids – the only child-centric TLD on the Internet with kids’ best interests at heart. We are proud to fully support the launch and operation of .kids for the global children’s rights and welfare community.

Today, young people everywhere spend a significant portion of their daily life on the Internet. UNICEF estimates at the global level that, “one child in three is an Internet user, and that one in three Internet users is a child under 18 years of age.” Increasingly, and accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, kids are growing up doing homework, learning, playing, socializing and making friends online.

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InnoTechDesign Expo 2015

InnoTechDesign Expo 2015

Supported by the iStartup Program of Office of Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) of Hong Kong, DotKids Foundation joined the HKTDC InnoTechDesign Expo 2015 (ITD Expo) which was held from 3-5 Dec 2015 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre to promote the idea of kids-friendly Internet. While building a truly kids-friendly Internet ecosystem […]

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Committed to the fight against commercial child pornography – APAC-FCACP Roundtable

Committed to the fight against commercial child pornography – APAC-FCACP Roundtable

Invited by The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), DotKids foundation  presented in the third Asia Pacific Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography Roundtable, “The Role of Industry in the Fight Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation” on 21st July 2015. The Asia Pacific Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography (APAC-FCACP) was launched by ICMEC in 2009, which […]

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Regional Child Online Safety Awareness Discussion in APrIGF2015

Regional Child Online Safety Awareness Discussion in APrIGF2015

Last year, child online protection is chosen as one of the Best Practice forum topics in UNIGF. Children and Youth, are one of the largest population of Internet users nowadays, protecting them from online threats as well as cultivating the sense of Digital citizen are critical. DotKids Foundation together with IGF Pakistan co-hosted the workshop […]

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Children’s Rights Workshop @ RightsCon SouthEast Asia 2015

Children’s Rights Workshop @ RightsCon SouthEast Asia 2015

DotKids Foundation held the workshop namely “Creating Child-Friendly Cyberspace — Balancing right to access and child protection” in RightsCon Southeast Asia on 25 March 2015 in Manila. The RightsCon summit series is with the goal of addressing the human rights issue on Internet and producing measurable outcomes by collecting opinions from different stakeholders, which was […]

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Our Story

.Kids in the Early Years

Here is a collection of some key moments during DotKids Foundation’s early efforts.

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Dec 2015

InnoTechDesign Expo

DotKids Foundation joined the HKTDC InnoTechDesign Expo 2015 (ITD Expo) … READ MORE
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July 2015

Asia Pacific Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography Roundtable

Invited to present in the 3rd Asia Pacific Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography Roundtable. … READ MORE

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July 2015

DotKids Foundation Co-hosted Workshop

 DotKids Foundation co-host workshop “Online Safety Awareness and Development of Sustainable Civilized Internet for the Next Generation“ with IGF Pakistan … READ MORE

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October 2013

230 Signatories Garnered!

Garnered more than 230 signatories from the MEPs to support establishment of a kids-friendly Internet of ‘.KIDS’ protected by the principles of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) … READ MORE

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October 2013

Organized Roundtable with Governments and Childrens Group Organizations

Organized roundtable with European Parliaments (MEPs) and guests from Child Online Protection initiative (COP) of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Insafe Network, eNACSO, Children Lobbyist of Switzerland and Children Representatives from Diana Award Anti-Bullying Ambassadors Program … READ MORE

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September 2013

U.S. Campaign to Ratify the Convention on Children Rights

Participated in the U.S. Campaign to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child in September 2013 … READ MORE

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June 2013

Meet with Child Rights Coalition Asia

Meeting with Child Rights Coalition Asia (CRC Asia) in Philippines. … READ MORE

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April 2013

Co-Organized 1st Children’s Forum at ICANN

Co-Organized the first children’s Forum at ICANN with child right organizations from the community during the ICANN 46th Beijing meeting. … READ MORE

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February 2013

Meeting with UN Committee on Rights of the Child and other European Children’s group Organizations

Meeting with UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, Save the Children Switzerland, Children’s Parliament and Children’s Lobby in Bern, EuroChild, ChildNet and Business & Human Rights Resource Center in London to share our initiative of creating a kids-friendly internet. … READ MORE

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June 2012

Awareness Campaign with Kids’ Dream Organization @ ICANN 44

DotKids Foundation held awareness campaign with Kids’ Dream organization during ICANN 44 meeting in Prague … READ MORE