BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 23. The response to
digital threats must be shaped by global cooperation, Vladanka
Andreeva, UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan, said at an
international conference titled "Protecting children in the digital
environment: Modern tools and international cooperation" in Baku,
organized by the State Committee for Family, Women, and Children’s
Affairs, Trend
reports.
She noted that digital platforms and artificial intelligence are
increasingly shaping a new childhood.
According to her, for children and teenagers, digital
technologies are fully integrated into their daily lives –
learning, communicating, playing, exploring their identities, and
understanding the world and themselves.
"With the digital transformation comes new and rapidly evolving
risks that are often invisible to adults, amplified by algorithms,
and can cross borders in seconds. Children are exposed to harmful
impacts online at a scale and speed that existing protection
systems were not designed to handle. These risks include exposure
to harmful relationships, cyberbullying, stalking, child grooming
and sexual exploitation, human trafficking, and blackmail.
These threats can also deepen inequalities and exclusion, and
children in vulnerable situations are hit hardest. These include
children with physical or mental disabilities, children living in
institutions, children deprived of parental care, children from
low-income families, and children facing discrimination.
No country can fully address these challenges alone," she
added.
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