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The UNICEF Innocenti report on Child Safety Online shows that countries that have guidelines for social workers related to online child safety often have separate guidelines for law enforcement agencies, but lack a structured mechanism for the reporting of online abuse, referrals and coordinated actions. As mentioned above, there is still a need to strike the balance in policy between protection from all forms of violence, sexual abuse and exploitation, and the rights to information, freedom of expression and association, privacy and non-discrimination

Studies have shown that internet filtering does not stop people from bypassing filters and if an experienced computer person can find ways around them. There are sites that allow for these bypasses such as Sites like Peacefire.org are dedicated to helping individuals get around filters. Another method of bypassing filters is through proxy servers, such as Psiphon and StupidCensorship. Some filtering sites, therefore, choose to filter proxy-avoidance sites, URL translators, and other workaround sites. This raises a new and wholly different intellectual freedom concern beyond the protection of children from sexually explicit material.

a Universal Service Discount for technology ("E-rate"), public schools and libraries must have an Internet Safety Policy that includes a "technology protection measure that filters or blocks visual images that are obscene; child pornography; or "harmful to minors", which are generally defined as "depictions of nudity and sexual activity that lack artistic, literary, or scientific value".

This study was conducted to address the value of industry, policy, and professional advice concerning the appropriate role of Internet filtering in this struggle. Our preliminary findings suggested that filters might have small protective effects, but evidence derived from a more stringent and robust empirical approach30 indicated that they are entirely ineffective. These findings highlight the need for a critical cost-benefit analysis in light of the financial and informational costs associated with filtering and age verification technologies such as those now being developed in some European countries like the United Kingdom.

This article examines the risk to students on the internet. It talks about adult content, cyberbullying sexual harassment, online gambling etc. and the safety issues that go along with these topics. There was a study done that logged data to see if student preferred web sites were to understand whether students can visit web sites which contain unsafe material bypassing the computer-supported security policies and to see which types of web locations contain unsafe content.

"The impact of bullying in all forms on the mental health and safety of adolescents is of particular interest, especially in the wake of new methods of bullying that victimize youths through technology. The current study examined the relationship between victimization from both physical and cyber bullying and adolescent suicidal behavior. Violent behavior, substance use, and unsafe sexual behavior were tested as mediators between two forms of bullying, cyber and physical, and suicidal behavior...."