<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --></style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br>
</p>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<div>
<div class="WordSection1">
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<a href="http://www.ldn-lb.org/details.aspx?id=3177&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Slovakia+Welcomes+Its+First+Female+President&utm_campaign=Promowire+-+November+2019+%5BPW-Net%5D" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">http://www.ldn-lb.org/details.aspx?id=3177&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Slovakia+Welcomes+Its+First+Female+President&utm_campaign=Promowire+-+November+2019+%5BPW-Net%5D</a></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b>Direct Link to Full 84-Page 2019 Report:</b> <a href="https://www.developmentaid.org/api/frontend/cms/uploadedImages/2019/10/ChildOnlineSafety_Report.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:blue">https://www.developmentaid.org/api/frontend/cms/uploadedImages/2019/10/ChildOnlineSafety_Report.pdf</span></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
</p>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:22.5pt">
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:22.5pt">
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">Call to Make the Digital World Safer for Children – Report</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:22.5pt">
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:22.5pt"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371"><img 0?="" width="583" height="429" id="Picture_x0020_1" alt="http://www.ldn-lb.org/UserFiles/Digital-world-chidren-ws.jpg" style="width: 6.0729in; height: 4.4687in; user-select: none;" src="service.svc/s/GetFileAttachment?id=AAMkADA2ODU2ZDBkLWYzNWItNGFhOC04ZmVmLWE0OTJiMmYzZWM5OABGAAAAAABGBw2b0skdSLjxkXc4kboFBwBNFUSRsW3TRIo6RTo9vvdQAAAAAAEPAABNFUSRsW3TRIo6RTo9vvdQAAOGOH0SAAABEgAQAFLgi7UfXWdKkpV%2BC0iyr5c%3D&X-OWA-CANARY=s30iiVpUI0WRf9XNc4VpAMBcb0gTpdcI8JQg13xhRDyj-SW0rNEbuBmvOcKCCWAxT2Gtg4mV01U."></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
</p>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:22.5pt">
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in; height:22.5pt">
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">Rising Internet connectivity has the potential to transform children’s lives for the better, but also makes them vulnerable to sexual abuse, online harassment and bullying, recruitment
by extremist groups, and other risks, according to a new UN-backed report.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">Direct Link to Full 84-Page October 2019 Report:</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b><br>
</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371"><a href="https://www.developmentaid.org/api/frontend/cms/uploadedImages/2019/10/ChildOnlineSafety_Report.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;"></a><a href="https://www.developmentaid.org/api/frontend/cms/uploadedImages/2019/10/ChildOnlineSafety_Report.pdf" id="LPlnk213684">https://www.developmentaid.org/api/frontend/cms/uploadedImages/2019/10/ChildOnlineSafety_Report.pdf</a></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371"><a href="https://www.developmentaid.org/api/frontend/cms/uploadedImages/2019/10/ChildOnlineSafety_Report.pdf" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><br>
</a></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">The study by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development underlines the need for everyone to ensure children remain safe as they explore “the digital world”.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">It was produced by the Commission’s working group on Child Online Safety, comprising senior representatives from the UN, non-governmental organizations, law-enforcement agencies,
regulators, and private companies.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#C00000">The report lays out staggering statistics showing the extent and scale of the problem. For instance, in just one year the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) found more than 105,000
websites hosting child sexual abuse material.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#C00000"><br>
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">“It takes a village to keep children safe both online and offline. Therefore, all the stakeholders need to prioritize children, collaborate and generate collective actions to prevent
and address all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation of children online,” members said in a press release.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 113); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 113); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The report recommends that countries take immediate action, as no Government has developed fully effective protection systems.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">Steps that protect children online include establishing a single national authority with ultimate responsibility for child online safety, as well as ensuring robust legislation is
in place, among other measures.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">The report also highlights the differences in Internet access depending on where young people live. Globally, there are more than two million people under the age of 18. Around 71
percent of youth are already online, according to UNICEF research, cited in the report.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">However, millions are still waiting to log on. Currently, 60 percent of young Africans are not online but the number of users on the continent is growing by 20 percent a year.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">“In Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America, connectivity has not yet reached all children. With the expansion of affordable broadband to these parts of the developing world,
there is an urgent need to put in place measures to minimize the risks and threats to these children, while also allowing them to capitalize on all the benefits the digital world can bring to our societies,” the report said.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; color:#003371">___________________________________________</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">
</p>
</div>
<font color="black" size="2" face="Arial"><br>
</font></div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>