This work explores the growing convergence between youth culture and digital communication technologies and the corresponding challenges posed to policymakers, examining the current governance debate on online child safety.

JOSEPH SAVIRIMUTHU is Lecturer in Law at the Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool, UK. He is co-editor ofa special issue on 'Identity, Privacy and New Technologies' for theInternational Journal of Intellectual Property Management.

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction  Regulating Risks: Convergence, Technology and Social Policy  Online Sexual Grooming of Children, Obscene Content and Peer Victimization: Legal and Investigatory Issues  Trans-Border Challenges to Enforcing Online Child Safety Laws  Online Child Safety: International Cooperation and Policymaking  Online Child Safety, Civil Society and the Private Sector: Alternative Strategies  The Child, Media Literacy and Policy Implications  Concluding Thoughts: The Tethered Child Notes Bibliography Index