For example, Google, through its Africa Online Safety Fund, recently announced various initiatives across nine African countries to boost education efforts and develop programmes around online safety for children, young people and families. The programme will support projects that promote digital literacy and the online safety of children and families. It will prevent, address and respond to online sexual exploitation and abuse of children in urban sub-counties. Through such initiatives, countries can adopt holistic approaches that promote online safety to assist in the development of a positive online environment for children and youth. We should mobilise and sensitise children, youth, parents and communities to prevent and respond to online sexual exploitation and children will be safer.

Source: Standard Digital March 25, 2021 15:11 UTC