A FUND will be set up to help children who have been exposed to undesirable content from the Internet, one of the two initiatives announced by the Internet Industry Association of Singapore at its launch yesterday.

The money, to be raised from the association’s 24-member companies, trade events and sponsors, will go towards education, psychiatric counseling and even legal help for these children, said Mr Anton Ravindran, Chairman of trade association that band together businesses and organizations that deal with the Internet in its day-to-day operations.

The association, which focuses solely on cyberspace, also announced that it will set up a portal to teach Internet users about spam, phishing and privacy-related security issues when using e-mail and making transactions on the Internet.

Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who was guest-of-honor at the event, said the Government, in particular the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, is “keen to collaborate” with the association to address the problem of abuse on the Internet.