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Code of Conduct proposed to protect children in cyberspace
Code of Conduct proposed to protect children in cyberspace
18/11/21
Internet service providers and content creators would have to put children’s interests and child online protection requirements in the first priority.
Such is highlighted in a draft Code of Conduct (CoC) on child online protection recently released by the Ministry of Information and Communications for public comment.
Accordingly, media agencies and businesses and online content creators should develop media contents in conformity with ethics, fine customs and traditions of the country and community standards. They should be careful when creating media contents and check information before broadcasting.
Internet service and platform providers would have to detect and prevent harmful contents and acts of child abuse; and promptly report inappropriate contents and illegal acts to authorities.
They would also have to take measures to control ages and frequency of using products and services provided in the Internet, set up technical tools to review, block and remove harmful contents, and further improve content filters and provide warnings of and barriers to accessing age-restricted contents.
Parents, teachers, and child caregivers should respect children’s online privacy and freedom of expression. They should always update and provide children with knowledge and skills on online information safety as well as ways to safely use IT devices, the Internet and social networks and properly behave in the cyberspace. They should also keep an eye on online activities and relationships of children as well as contents searched and apps used by children.
On their part, children should be careful when searching for information in the Internet. They should neither access links or contents of unknown origin nor share or publicize personal information or secrets online.
The draft CoC also encourages Internet users to share measures for child protection in cyberspace, expand child protection programs to the community, and report harmful information and acts of child abuse to authorities.
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The strong development of the Internet and social networks has made children become digital citizens early, which brings many benefits in the service of learning, entertainment, and enhanced social interaction.
There are many challenges in protecting children due to the potential risks and unhealthy influences in cyberspace.
The strong development of the Internet in recent years has brought positive effects as Vietnamese children have gradually been able to access and integrate with the rapidly developing Internet platform.
Children have the opportunity to learn, be entertained, and enhance their social interactions on the Internet.
research results from Vietnam and around the world have pointed out many negative impacts. Moreover, in the network environment, many risks may cause serious consequences to children.
“The implementation of policies and laws on child abuse prevention” of the National Assembly held in January 2020 show that Vietnam is among the top countries with the highest number of Internet users in the world, with 64 million users, accounting for 66% of the population.
1 out of 4 children said that they had experienced pain and sadness when using social networks, while one-third of them said they had been victims of cyberbullying and the number of girls bullied was three times higher than the number of boys.
according to UNICEF's survey of children and adolescents in Vietnam, one in five children said they had been a victim of cyberbullying on the Internet.
Never before has the approach and abuse of children in the online environment with many sophisticated tricks become as alarming as it is now.
Through the network field environment, children are at risk of abuse such as images of children being abused and exploited are recorded, filmed, taken and distributed on the internet.
They have exposure to violent content, sensitive content, incitement to suicide, and other negative behavior.
child abuse in cyberspace has more considerable consequences than social abuse because when the abuse cases happen in real life, only a few people witness.
Finding measures to protect and ensure that children are safe in the online environment is of extreme interest to the Government, relevant agencies and parents.
To protect children against risks in the online environment, there have been many legal documents with specific provisions such as the Law on Children 2016, the Law on Access to Information 2016, and the Law on Cybersecurity 2018.
This is the first time in Vietnam that there has been close cooperation between the State management agency in charge of cybersecurity and the State management agency in charge of ensuring children's rights.
Vietnam is entering a digital transformation period. A variety of devices, social networks, and mobile apps are making huge changes to people’s lives, particularly children.
To protect children in cyberspace requires the engagement of the entire society.
A communication campaign is needed to help children improve their life skills and avoid child abuse.
A growing number of children have access to social networks like Facebook, Youtube, and Tik Tok.
it’s important to help children interact safely on the Internet and protect their personal information and rights.
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