11 December 2017 -?Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF released Monday its annual flagship report, the State of the World's Children.?This year's report focuses on children in the digital age.?Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF pointed out that digital technologies can be key to changing the fate of vulnerable children, providing them with new opportunities for learning, socializing and expressing their opinions, yet millions of children are being abandoned by an increasingly connected world.?
? ? ? ?In writing this year's State of the World's Children report, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF provided information on how the Internet and digital technologies can help children learn, socialize and prevent research.?The report found that 346 million young people in the world have not yet used the Internet, equivalent to 29% of the global youth population. About 60% of African youth have not yet used the Internet, compared with 4% in Europe.?
¡¡¡¡The digital divide mirrors a greater social fragmentation between the rich and the poor, between cities and rural areas, between educated and uneducated persons, and between women and men.?India is a country where the digital divide has highlighted the profound social fragmentation.?In 2016, men were 12% more Internet-connected than women in the world; in India, only 29% of Internet users were women: less than one-third.?
¡¡¡¡At the same time, with the rapid development of digital technologies, cyber risks faced by children are also changing - from cyberbullying to abuse of personal information to online sexual abuse and exploitation.?
¡¡¡¡Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF pointed out that minimizing the risk while maximizing its benefits will determine the life and future of the new generation of Internet users.?Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF stressed that losing touch with the digital world means losing the opportunity to learn, communicate and develop the skills needed for the 21st century.?Unless channels and skills are provided more equitably, the problem of inaccessibility of the Internet can only exacerbate inequalities and allow poverty to spread from generation to generation and intensify.