In Belarus, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and a local media company launched #InternetWithoutBullying Initiative raise awareness about safe online behavior among children and young people, and equip them with the right tools to identify, deal with, and respond to bullying.
UNICEF also provides instruct for teenagers about how people can make the Internet a safer and kinder place.
Protecting children in sport
To mark this day, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is highlighting a recent policy brief on protect children online in sports. The findings suggest that promoting online safety has become an important aspect of child protection in sport, with sports organizations playing a “critical” role in addressing these issues. this topic.
In a nutshell, ITU provides guidance to leaders in the sport sector to help them develop online protection policies and procedures to address online risks, tackle violence against children. and promote the safe use of digital tools and environments.
Across the United Nations system, ongoing efforts continue to tackle illicit Internet use. In October, the UN Security Council The Anti-Terrorism Committee approved Declaration of Delhi on combating the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes, which includes inviting the Executive Board (CTED) to draft a set of guiding principles.
Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj of India, serving as Chairman of the Commission in 2022, noted that COVID-19 The pandemic has exposed “the rampant use of social media for terrorist purposes to spread terrorist propaganda”.
She told UN News that terrorist groups have taken advantage of the growing presence of young people online during the crisis “to spread propaganda and disinformation stories to recruit and raise funds for terrorist purposes. “
To address that and related threats, the Delhi Declaration “lays the groundwork for the way forward,” David Scharia from CTED speak UN News.
“It’s about the importance of human rights, public-private partnerships, civil society engagement, and how we will tackle this challenge together.”
Call of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Stopping the flow of misinformation and misinformation is one of the United Nations Secretary-General’s top priorities for 2023.
“We will call for action from all those who influence the spread of misinformation and misinformation on the Internet – Governments, regulators, policymakers, technology companies, media, civil society,” António Guterres told the General Assembly on Monday.
