Telefono Azzurro, a lot of attention is needed -
"Digital is a difficult topic, because on the one hand it allows you to do many things, but it also presents risks of bullying, sexting, and in general risk situations" to be faced with the world of school and companies, "trying to make the contribution of those who have listened to children and adolescents for many years".
This was stated by Professor Ernesto Caffo, president of Telefono Azzurro, opening the two days dedicated to Internet Safer Day, the international day that the European Commission has set up with the aim of promoting strategies aimed at making the web a safer place for the youngest.
"We must have rules on the web, build new tools in a shared way with companies to protect minors' access to the web".
"We invite all the children who attend, or know of their friends who are victims" of bullying or cyberbullying, "to tell their teachers, the principals - said Antonello Giannelli, president of the national association of principals -. The children must allow us. to help them. This is an issue that coincides with the new civic education, as it has been reintroduced. Digital education is very important, schools do not want to remain on the margins of a world that is being changed more and more every day by digital technologies ".
During the Covid emergency, the internet made it possible to continue working, to stay in touch with loved ones, and to have didactic continuity.
"It is necessary to ensure that there is maximum awareness of the opportunities and risks. The increasing use, especially in the last year, has made it possible to maintain a link between school and students, and between students among themselves, has meant a daily and growing use even among the smallest, and this makes it urgent to accompany the process of increasing digitization with education and awareness of the risks and dangers of the network ", said Simona Montesarchio, director general for the management of structural funds for the education and for digital innovation, underlining that "the digital transition is one of the priorities and we hope that it will also be supported with funding from the Next Generation Eu".
"The platforms have a gigantic responsibility in promoting a positive internet culture, but - concluded Martina Colasante, of Google - we cannot do it alone, we need an alliance with the school community and institutions and businesses to work. to this challenge, which is one of the greatest of our times ".
