second Plenary Speaker

Plenary 2, Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Riezky Novyana (British Council, Jakarta)

Cyber Bullying & Child Protection

photo session with Ms. Arifah (the fourth women with yellow veil from right) and Mr. Riezky (in the middle)

In digital era, most of people around the world are connecting to the internet ranging from children to adult. Based on the data, 7/10 children under 17 years old are connecting to internet, they also have their own devices such smartphone and laptop. It’s important to build their awareness of digital dangers and privacy breach considering there are so many crimes lurking especially on children via internet. Many examples of cases of sexual harassment, cyber bullying against children via the internet based on data continues to increase each year.

Teachers, parents and environment are responsible for protecting the children from internet danger. We have to educating and guiding our children in using internet. Which one is able and unable to do when we are connecting to internet. It’s important in order to prevent the occurrence of sexual harassment or cyber bullying.