Who Takes Responsibility For Digitized Reputation ?
Child Online Africa wishes to appeal to the general public as well as the responsible sector ministries that it is imperative that somebody owns up to do the proper thing to help address the issue of young people being caught in mistakes which are not easy to erase for sharing their lives online. Social media tools are used by adults as well as young people and most often than not a lot of people use them to document their lives. Despite the good sides of the social media tools, there are potential dangers of maintaining a positive reputation to protecting …
African Union Moves to Promote Child Online Safety
Child Online Africa and World Vision International -Ghana are pleased to announce a significant progress on the call on African leaders to consider Child Online Protection and give it the needed action. This call with the hashtag #OnlineSafety4Agenda2040 which was made in June 2018, has culminated in the Executive Council Decision Ex.CL/Dec.1017 (XXXIII) by the Africa Union on the issue. The campaign which commenced on the 16th of June and ended on the 29th of June with a position paper presented to the African Union Commission. The call was to urge the African Union Commission working through the committee of Experts …