The report entitled “The Case of the World’s Children” discusses the status quo of the case of children’s digital connection in the world and its future.
The report demonstrates the obstacles and damage that face children while dealing with technology and at the same time it shows the advantages and opportunities provided for the children by contacting the internet in the domains of learning and field participation, etc. As shown in the introduction of the report, it calls for accelerating procedures, concentrating investment, increasing cooperation to protect children from the harm resulting from a world that has become more connected in addition to exploiting the opportunities of the digital era to achieve the utmost benefit for the sake of a better future for the children.
The report concludes with procedures of high priority and practical recommendations that enable the community to benefit from the digital transformation in favor of more deprived children and to stop the harm through protecting weaker children. This can be achieved through procedures that guarantee that the children are provided with high-quality resources to contact the internet and protect them from expected harm. The children should have the right to privacy.
Digital illiteracy must be eliminated through the cooperation of the private sector to benefit from its potentialities, in addition to the position of children in the center of digital policies.

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