Children will be armed with cyber knowledge

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During a road show (a tour of the regions), the Alliance for the Protection of Children in the Digital Environment visited Kazan, where on October 25-26 it held a program to educate children, parents and teachers about the risks and protection measures on the Internet. The Alliance, together with information security experts from Kaspersky Lab, Beeline and MegaFon, the Russian public organization "Movement of the First", developed two areas: educational activities for children and teenagers, lectures and master classes on digital security and tools for combating Internet threats for parents and teachers.

A business program was also held with the participation of Alliance experts, representatives of government agencies and businesses of the Republic of Tatarstan and public organizations.

"Today, children and teenagers content writing service spend an average of five hours a day online. Each of them comes across a variety of content. Of course, it will not be possible to completely protect against virtual dangers. Therefore, we decided to engage in even more effective prevention so that children develop immunity to negative phenomena on the Internet through digital hygiene," said Timur Suleimanov, head of the regional branch of the "Movement of the First."



In the photo: Elizaveta Belyakova, Chairperson of the Alliance for the Protection of Children in the Digital Environment

The Tatarstan authorities are confident that the digital future has already arrived. "We expect that following the event, teenagers and parents will formulate for themselves why a list of rules is necessary for safe use of the Internet and what digital hygiene should be," said Rinat Sadykov, Minister of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, at the meeting.

He noted that

The government of the republic is open to new ideas to make the Internet a comfortable and safe environment

"Everyone understands that we must clean water and air from bacteria and viruses. And the Internet that we consume every day must also be safe. We expect new proposals to counter digital threats from the participants of the event," Albert Yakovlev, Deputy Minister of Digital Development of Public Administration, Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Tatarstan, supported Rinat Sadykov.

According to estimates by the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of the Council of the Association for the Promotion of Digital Development Rifkat Minnikhanov, the republic currently lacks startups in the field of information security. He believes that

The event will provide practical knowledge about cybersecurity and join the ranks of technology entrepreneurs

He said that children need to be interested in technological entrepreneurship from their school days.

IT companies – members of the Alliance for the Protection of Children in the Digital Environment are actively working on creating a set of preventive protection measures based on big data, profiling, predictive analytics and continuous monitoring of dangerous content, the Alliance Chairperson Elizaveta Belyakova told RSpectr.

The Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairperson of the National Parents' Committee Irina Volynets noted that the Alliance is fulfilling an important mission, which includes not only the creation of new requirements to ensure the safety of the younger generation on the Internet, but also serious educational work.