| NOTAS: | "National governments have an obligation to provide for the protection of children in both the physical and virtual worlds. In an important sense, because the new technologies are now so thoroughly integrated into the lives of so many children and young people in a number of important ways, it no longer makes sense to try to maintain rigid distinctions between real world events and online events. The two are increasingly intertwined and interdependent. Policy-makers1 and all other relevant stakeholders have very important roles to play. The speed by which technology is evolving means that many of the traditional methods of policy-making no longer fit this purpose. Policy-makers are required to elaborate a legal framework that is adaptive, inclusive, and fit for purpose for the fast-changing digital age to protect children online. The purpose of these guidelines is to offer policy-makers in ITU Member States a user-friendly and flexible framework to understand and act upon their legal obligation to provide for the protection of children in both the real, physical and virtual worlds. " |
