KINSA, incorporated as the Kids’ Internet Safety Association in 2005 was established as an aggressive and proactive response to the negative aspects of the Internet that harm young people. The Kids Internet Safety Alliance is lucky to have recognized leaders such as Paul Gillespie working with us. Paul created the child exploitation unit of the Toronto police and pioneered many of the tools and techniques used around the world by police forces to track cybercriminals who use the internet to exploit children. Paul has been directly or indirectly involved with saving dozens of children from abusive situations. His efforts have been featured in media around the world. He is now retired from the Toronto police to focus his efforts full-time on KINSA and on other projects helping law enforcement around the world deal with this horrible issue. (He was the police officer who never gave up on Disney Girl and saved her in the end.)

Despite all this progress, you may be surprised or even shocked to learn that a good portion of offenders are never prosecuted because legislation in this area is inadequate and certainly the resources dedicated to fighting this crime are not enough. We've managed to make good progress in advocating for a raise in the Age of Consent from 14 to 16 – legislation for this is pending this Fall – and for prohibiting conditional sentencing (house arrest) for child pornography convictions. But much more needs to be done.


Canadians- We need your help.


Please take a moment to sign this on-line petition which calls for the declaration of February 7th as “Safer Internet Day”. We hope the Canadian Parliament will make this declaration and dedicate that day’s government business to finding ways to make the internet safer for kids.


So far, 37 countries and over 100 not-for-profit organizations and corporations endorse "Safer Internet Day" where the issues of Internet safety are discussed in Parliaments, in the media, and among concerned citizens. Canada and the US are surprisingly absent from this list.


To sign the petition, please click on the following link: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/saferinternet/index.html


To find our more about KINSA (or to help our cause with a donation), please click on the following link: www.kinsa.net