The Paris Peace Forum takes place from Thursday November 10 to Friday November 11. One of the main themes of this publication concerns the issues of digital governance and in particular the protection of children on the Internet. To discuss this topic, Emmanuel Macron gathers several technological players such as Microsoft, Meta or Google around a round table at the Elysée.high level of online protection for children“, shows Elysee.
This round table should lead to the signing of the charter “major digital platforms, NGOs and regulatorsmake joint progress on this matter andovercome obstacleswhich currently hinder the development of common rules in this area. The statute in question envisages the launch of an online child protection laboratory. It is designed as “collaborative spacebetween players who signed the charter.
The focus of this lab revolves around three topics: online age verification of minors, regulation of distribution of images of minors, and cyberbullying. An international action designed as an extension of the appeal held last year at the forum by several countries and NGOs such as Save the Children to protect children’s rights in the digital environment.
Dinner hosted at the Elysée
So far, although the signatories of the charter have not yet been revealed, the Americans Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Dailymotion and TikTok, as well as Alphabet (Google), should be present at the meeting. NGOs include WeProtect, Standup the children, Point de Contact and E-Enfance, along with a representative from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The event will be followed by a dinner at the Élysée, where Emmanuel Macron has invited several academics this time for the second edition.Global technological thinkers“Where”technological thinkersaddress the threat of Internet fragmentation. Among the researchers present is Camille François, an expert on content moderation, cyberbullying and online misinformation.
The goal is to drawRoad Mapon this topic in the context of the Ukrainian war. Since the beginning of the conflict, some platforms are no longer authorized in Russia, while others are in Europe. “We see the danger of moving from a model of the Internet as a common good of humanity to a world fragmented among several Internets“, Eliseum notes, emphasizing that a favorable environment for the spread of false information is always more important. According to a 2019 Odoxa Dentsu Consulting survey, 30% of French respondents admitted to having already passed on fake news to their relatives.
Source: Le Figaro
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