The Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, deliberated on a national online policy to protect
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami who presented the memo for deliberations at FEC, said it became necessary to protect the rights of children who access the internet to gather information.
He said an official report provided by the International Telecommunication Union, indicated that more than one billion children were online, especially during COVID-19, when most of them were out of schools were shut down and then switched to virtual learning. His words: “Today, without any solicitation, if you go online, you will discover that many things are coming into your device unsolicitedly. And if you are at least mature, you will be able to avoid [them] but children would not be able to and that will definitely affect their innocence and will even affect them morally and otherwise.
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