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Old 13-02-2009, 04:25 PM   #1
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Children's websites and moderators.

Could this affect RYL?

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Organisations with interactive websites likely to be used mainly by children must ensure that staff moderating the sites are not barred from working with children from October. It will be a criminal offence for an organisation to knowingly employ a barred person for a regulated role, such as moderating children’s sites.

Organisations will have to decide whether any of their activity falls within the boundaries of the new law. If it does they will need to register staff with Government body the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), which will check if those people are on either list.
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/newsb...-says-new-law/



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Old 13-02-2009, 04:28 PM   #2
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Tbh, it wouldn't be a bad thing if all mods had a crb check. know it's a mission to sort out etc, and costs money, but yeah.




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Old 13-02-2009, 04:30 PM   #3
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Old 13-02-2009, 05:14 PM   #4
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I'm not a mod but I've had like 3 crb checks?

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Old 13-02-2009, 05:38 PM   #5
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I had to google that. Considering how international RYL is, I imagine that'd be hard to put into effect!

Though from the wording in that quote... I should hope RYL is NOT a site "used mainly by children". Depends on the definition. What about teens? :P



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Old 13-02-2009, 05:44 PM   #6
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I'm not a mod but I've had like 3 crb checks?
Really?!How wierd,Ive done one and Ive got a copy of it so I can take it to job interviews etc.




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Old 13-02-2009, 05:53 PM   #7
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Really?!How wierd,Ive done one and Ive got a copy of it so I can take it to job interviews etc.
one was done at my request by a mental health professional to see if my detained times came up.

& then a company did one & i had a copy & lost it, so when i went to a new job they had to do it all over again.

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Old 13-02-2009, 07:02 PM   #8
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From what I was reading on Google, it also applies to websites working with "vulnerable groups" ie the mentally ill. It might very well apply to RYL then, but it looks like it's one of those fluffy laws that have absolutely no enforcibility. For example, the organizations must decide if the law applies to them since there is really no active "watchdog" for it, and law enforcement will only get involved if a complaint is made by a user stating that there is good reason to worry that there is someone who shouldn't be working with children/vulnerable groups moderating.

Our site owner and mods all seem rather competent, and I don't think any of us has reason to suspect they shouldn't be on here. =)

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Old 13-02-2009, 07:11 PM   #9
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Really?!How wierd,Ive done one and Ive got a copy of it so I can take it to job interviews etc.
ive had about 3 too u have to get a new one each time u go for a new job



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Old 13-02-2009, 07:14 PM   #10
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Do you have to apply for a new one with each job or does your work place do it?




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Old 14-02-2009, 01:03 AM   #11
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Some work places pay for it.

But I worked in the same company but had different jobs and different contracts and each time I needed a new CRB check!




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Old 14-02-2009, 01:04 AM   #12
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Are RYL moderators counted as 'employed'?




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Old 14-02-2009, 01:06 AM   #13
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well we dont get paid etc,so no?




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Old 14-02-2009, 01:07 AM   #14
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I wouldn't say I was employed

I guess I would say that technically I was a volunteer




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Old 14-02-2009, 01:16 AM   #15
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well we dont get paid etc,so no?
So then...you wouldn't need to get the checks and stuff?
Because you're volunteers?
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Old 14-02-2009, 01:24 AM   #16
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Old 14-02-2009, 01:27 AM   #17
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Old 14-02-2009, 01:35 AM   #18
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So then...you wouldn't need to get the checks and stuff?
Because you're volunteers?
*thinking face*
It would make no difference whether a person was a paid employee or volunteer, a CRB check would still need to be done.

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Old 14-02-2009, 01:38 AM   #19
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Though from the wording in that quote... I should hope RYL is NOT a site "used mainly by children". Depends on the definition. What about teens? :P
In the UK it would mean anyone under the age of 18

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Old 14-02-2009, 02:34 AM   #20
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yeah,i volunteer and i still needed one!




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