Creating a Clear Network Space for Teenagers (People's Review) Network | Teenagers | Review
Promote functional departments, online platforms, parents, etc. to fulfill their respective responsibilities, form a complete and effective responsibility loop, and create a healthier and safer online environment
Internet fraud against teenagers often occurs, some short videos and game platforms induce addiction, and use new technologies to spread bad information to teenagers... Because of immature minds, more Internet access and other reasons, minors have been harassed by harmful information on the Internet for a long time. How to effectively protect the physical and mental health of young people and provide them with a clear and healthy Internet environment has always been a topic of public concern.
Summer vacation is approaching, and teenagers are spending more time online. In order to protect the internet environment for minors, the Central Cyberspace Administration recently issued a notice to launch a two month "Qinglang 2023 Summer Internet Environment Improvement for Minors" special action, focusing on addressing prominent issues related to minors online and continuously purifying the internet ecosystem. The special action targets websites, platforms, and children's smart devices with a large number of underage users and a significant impact on minors. The focus is on seven issues, aiming to comprehensively compress the living space of hidden mutations in harmful information, effectively solve the problem of internet addiction, and resolutely curb illegal activities that infringe on the rights and interests of minors.
In recent years, through the implementation of the "Clear and Bright" special action and other measures, the departments of Cyberspace, public security, education and other departments have achieved remarkable results in combating and rectifying the Internet disorder involving minors, and the self-discipline of the platform has also been constantly improved. However, it should also be noted that with the emergence of new technologies and applications of the Internet, the Internet chaos involving teenagers is also constantly "reinventing", bringing new challenges to governance. For example, some criminals use technologies such as "AI face changing" and "AI drawing" to commit fraud against minors, or generate vulgar pornographic images and videos to spread to minors; Some people use technological means to provide paid assistance to minors in avoiding addiction prevention systems and seeking illegitimate benefits; Some people promote distorted aesthetics such as bullying and domestic violence through false posing, spreading harmful content such as bullying the weak and using violence to control violence. To address these issues, it is necessary to keep up with the times and strengthen supervision, comprehensively rectify them from depth to detail, and impose strict and severe punishment, in order to create a clear online space for young people.
Regulation should address new issues and propose new measures. The special action focuses on 7 aspects of issues, some of which are achieved through the use of new technologies to renovate; Some are new routines that arise with the emergence of new technologies and applications. Therefore, regulatory authorities need to have a greater sense of innovation, be good at discovering new variants behind "old problems", and crack down on new tricks that breed "new problems". We should focus on inspecting the website platforms, product functions, and location sections that are more active among minors, as well as the new technologies and applications that are popular among minors, as well as the built-in and third-party apps of children's smart devices that have become popular in recent years. We should promptly detect and deal with various recurring rebound and hidden mutation problems.
Each online platform should further strengthen self-discipline and content management. The website platform is the first person responsible for information content management. It is necessary to strengthen the main responsibility of the website platform for protecting the network of minors, supervise the establishment of a special team for local platforms, compare with the requirements of special actions, and effectively improve the ability and level of network protection for minors. In addition, the platform should increase the supply of high-quality online content, especially during summer vacation, to attract young people with positive and interesting content, and vigorously promote positive energy. Parents should also fulfill their family education responsibilities, pay more attention to their children's holiday life, and guide them to cultivate healthy interests and hobbies.
For the growth of children, if the Internet is used well, it can become a bridge connecting itself with the world, the present and the future. Otherwise, it will bring harm. Promote functional departments, online platforms, parents, and others to fulfill their respective responsibilities, form a complete and effective responsibility loop, create a healthier and safer online environment, and ensure that minors grow up healthy in a sunny digital world.
