---
title: "Internet Safety Town Hall"
description: "On June 30th, Amanda participated in an Internet Safety Town Hall for educators"
date: "2008-07-03"
authors:
  - name: "Amanda Lenhart"
    job_title: "Former Director of Teens and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/amanda-lenhart/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2008/07/03/internet-safety-town-hall/"
categories:
  - "Online Privacy & Security"
  - "Privacy Rights"
tags:
  - "Safety"
---

# Internet Safety Town Hall

Earlier this week, I presented and moderated a panel at the Internet Safety Town Hall at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio, Texas. My co-panelists and I unpacked the data around the online safety issues, particularly around issues of unwanted contact online - namely stranger contact and cyberbullying. Practioners on the panel shared their on-the-ground experiences.

The second half of the town hall, moderated by [Adam Thierer](http://www.pff.org/about/staff.html#adamt) of the Progress and Freedom Foundation, addressed strategies and solutions to some of these issues, with an emphasis on education over regulation. e-School News TV recorded the session and broadcast a story about the session, including highlights from various presenters, and has posted the [video](http://www.eschoolnews.com/conference-info/necc/highlights/?i=54386;_hbguid=64297a3a-cd5f-49d6-be85-34d2eccd3422&d=necc) online.