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FEATURED SAMENA TRENDS

ITU Child Online Protection Guidelines

Implementing Measures to Protect Children & Young People Online

H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden
Founder, World Childhood Foundation
Sweden

Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin Dr. Joanna Rubinstein
BDT Director, ITU President & CEO, World Childhood Foundation
Switzerland USA

The Internet has increased access to of more than 52% of the world's population. already online. Approximately, one third of
information in all corners of the globe, and The increasing use of the Internet and all internet users today consists of children
is now woven into multiple aspects of life the ICTs empowering children and and young people (CYP).
young people to learn, express, entertain
“The child shall have themselves, experience new things, and Despite the profound benefits of the
the right to freedom of to connect and communicate with their Internet, there are real threats online that
families and friends. The Internet can
children and young people can and do
expression; this right also provide substantial access to health, encounter. They can be exposed to age-
shall include freedom to education, financial, and information inappropriate content or inappropriate
contact,
including
from
potential
services, which otherwise might not have
seek, receive and impart been readily available or accessible in perpetrators of sexual abuse. They can
information and ideas of different communities across the world, and suffer reputational damage from publishing
all kinds, regardless of we have lately witnessed the importance sensitive personal information, and,
among other things, can face risks related
of the Internet since the Covid-19 crisis.
frontiers, either orally, in In 2019, approximately half of the world’s to online privacy. To add, the availability of
writing or in print, in the population used the internet. The usage of child sex abuse material online is a matter
internet is fairly high among young people
of grave concern. According to IWF, in
form of art, or through any and children. Young people and children 2019, 132676 web pages were confirmed
other media of the child’s tend to adapt more easily and readily to to be containing child sex abuse material,
choice.” new technologies. UNICEF estimates that with a large percentage containing images
approximately 71% of young people are
children below the age of 10.
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