Posted by Rishi Jaitly, Policy Analyst - India highlighted here , online child safety is a big priority for Google. This is especially true in India, an extraordinarily young nation where, as a visit to any local cybercafe will make obvious, young people are leading the charge onto the Internet (in 2001, over 35 percent of India's population was under the age of 15). Ministry of Information Technology's proposed amendments. This section, which both adds child pornography to the list of offences under the Act and strengthens the punishment for the offence itself, is critical to drawing attention to the issue and to furthering the safety of India's youth online. While adding this provision to law would represent a step forward, we hope the government will continue to focus on child safety issues, especially as they pertain to the Internet. There are many global examples of innovations in this area, including the presence of organizations that enable the reporting of child pornography in the U.S. and U.K. ; the Indian government should consider these and other options.blogged about India's IT Act before (and especially its handling of the issue of intermediary liability). While policy reforms on both intermediary liability and child safety are needed to help position the Internet for growth in India, the issue of child safety presents a unique opportunity to couple advocacy with ground-level programs aimed at making a direct difference in the lives of children."Be NetSmart" , a nationwide Internet safety campaign that -- in cooperation with local law enforcement -- aims to educate students, teachers, and parents about the positive and valuable role the Internet can play in modern life, while at the same time conveying important messages about how to be safe, cautious, and smart online. Get NetSecure Information Security Week " sponsored by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology . We welcome all programs that focus on the safety of children online; India's a large country - the more programs, the better.
These kids have loving and caring parents and relatives.
ReplyDeleteDont you thing their parents and relatives and teachers are constantly giving them advice.
They do not need Google or any government to assume that they are not aware of the dangers.
Unfortunately, a few kids are so proactive and curious that no matter WHAT is told to them and no matter HOW MANY TIMES they are lectured - they will not resist temptation when the opportunity arises.
But the vast majority of kids are quite savvy and their friends will chime in with advice and warnings if one kids goes astray
Along with this there should be rigorous punishment for those who encourage child pornography.
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Its a really good idea and every student must be made aware of such illegal happenings in our country.....
ReplyDeleteNowadays its the need of the hour for students as we come across so many reports in dailies regarding such dangers.