Unicef India, Netflix pitch for safer online environment
The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) a global NGO specialising in the area of online safety hosted a session on ensuring a safer online environment for children and the organisations extended their support read a statement.
The focus of the event was on how to enable children and youth to benefit from the advantages that the Internet has to offer.
At the event the discussions included how to equip youth and their guardians to use online tools and other techniques which ensure that they have a safe and age-appropriate experience online.
Stephen Balkam CEO of FOSI said: "Online safety is everyone s responsibility and everybody has to work together to maintain it. This can best be done through open dialogue with various stakeholders.... Now more than ever it is essential to empower young people to be good digital citizens and to be the change for a safer and more civil Internet."
--IANS sug/nn/bg