The boundaries of these opportunities are constantly being tested, reshaped and expanded by online users , typically young people. The top down approach of the web has changed with the advent of the web2.0, the web for the masses. It is no longer in the hands of the elites who has the luxury of creating content and pushing them at the rest of the world. And the results are wonderful. Now we have any individual who can post their own writing, photos, videos online for free even without any formal training. The simplicity with which these activities can be done is amazing and it is only going to be simpler. The web applications that are emerging gradually will push more and more people to store their work online rather than in a pc. The good thing about these is that one can access them from anywhere and share them with the rest of the world. Technology is moving at breakneck speed in ensuring that every new piece of gadget can have its share of the Internet .We all know about gaming consoles connecting to the internet for playing multiplayer online games. Even some devices such as remote controls used at home for controlling audio video gadgets can store information on the Internet and download data from it. This shows what role the online world is going to play in our lives soon.

The new buzz is all about creating and sharing. The online world has revolutionized the way that people are bringing out their creativity to the rest of the world. Social networks play a very significant role in this regard. They have launched the career of many aspiring youngsters in the field of music and art. Young people keep their peers updated through their online journals about their daily life. We hear about couple who first met on the Internet through chat and then went on to tie the marital bonds. Keeping in touch with distant friends and relatives through cheap VOIP calls or free VOIP applications such as skype, msn messenger , yahoo messenger etc becomes a regular feature. All these would not have been possible without the online services and products that we have now and we must make most use of these technologies.

Sadly, the Internet is not only the positives. Then we probably would not have to organize the Internet Safety day.
Some of the distinctive aspects of virtual settings such as: the sense of safe distance allows close emotional and psychological contact with any stranger. The ease of contact with young people through online gaming, one to one chat and other forms of online communications, away from adult supervision allows a person who might adopt a new personality online to engage in rapid interaction with a volatile and unsuspecting child. As in the physical world; in the vitual world adults intent on contacting children enter into the places that they go and there they identify the potentially vulnerable child.

Online identity is something that we often do not pay much attention to. Young people may know about online predators who can lure them to dangerous situation, but sometimes they are not aware of the risks posed by their own postings online. It is good to remember the boundaries that restrict us in the physical life and to acknowledge that the online world is just the extension of our physical world with all its attributes. Anything that goes out into the online world stays there, literally for ever. If one is not comfortable about saying something in the physical world face to face, those things should be better kept off the online environment.

It must be kept in mind that the entire responsibility of safety on the Internet is not only on the individual particularly young people. It is evident that the positive and negative forces that operate in real life manifest themselves in this virtual space. Thus in order to better protect children it is important to know how young people interact and experience this realm. As technology evolves the nature of the involvement and its impacts will also change and thus these must be monitored to ensure appropriate responses. Better understanding of the different forces that affect children in this space and taking appropriate measures will result in better protection of their rights to live free of exploitation.