Special Issue Editorial
This is a special edition of eSafe Magazine celebrating a major milestone in our efforts to spread awareness about child online safety. We are honored to share with our readers that H E Sheikh Nahyan bin Mabarak Al Nahyan ( Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, UAE) has graciously accepted his patronage as Honorary President to Emirates Safer Internet Society (eSafe).
The eSafe Board takes this opportunity to express their boundless gratitude for this patronage and astutely looks forward to diligently fulfilling the mandate of keeping children safe online in the United Arab Emirates and beyond.
"Digital Well Being As an opening move to implement child online safety globally, eSafe is stepping in to this global move with a conference on "Understanding children's well-being in a digital world". This conference is the superintendent, and it will be a pivotal move for eSafe society
Currently, children are not only spending more time on the internet, but they are also geting there far sooner, at a very young age. Hand in hand are the serious risks, including cyberbullying, risks to privacy, etc., which have particularly become acute amid the COVID-19 crisis and the surge in screen time it has precipitated across children of all ages. It’s fascinating to find that developed countries all across the globe have started considering child online safety with due importance. Some of them have already started brainstorming on creating policy frameworks to address this growing concern. It is indeed a matier of pride that the UAE is a front runner in identifying and addressing child online safety as a concern that, if not addressed, has the potential to be a serious threat to the future generation of our great nation.
eSafe is continuously joining hands with public and private sectors in the digital space, working strategically to promote online safety while children continue to enjoy the educational, social interaction, creativity and health benefits. Metaverse and other such initiatives are bringing both opportunities and challenges. eSafe is closely observing such recent technology changes across the world and tirelessly working on how to benefit it to the society.
Since our inception, we have been working with schools, colleges, professionals, and the community at large to raise awareness about safe online experiences.
Going forward, we would like to foster and nurture partnerships with government entities to advocate for digital safety and well-being policies. We look forward to work hand in hand with tech companies to promote the use of safety measures on their platforms, keeping children as users in their minds, and relevant regulating authorities to promote children's digital literacy and online safety skills.
eSafe will continue to ensure that, while children reach out to the unprecedented opportunities available to them in the midst of the digital explosion of information, they have a safe and positive online experience.
You will get to read articles on different aspects of parenting in the digital era, its possibilities, challenges, and some insights on how best parents, teachers, and children can sail through this to synthesize knowledge.
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