{"id":36661,"date":"2023-12-04T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2023\/12\/04\/google-in-partnership-with-hkcss-fortifies-online-safeguards-for-children-and-families-in-hong-kong\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T09:10:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T09:10:00","slug":"google-in-partnership-with-hkcss-fortifies-online-safeguards-for-children-and-families-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2023\/12\/04\/google-in-partnership-with-hkcss-fortifies-online-safeguards-for-children-and-families-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Google, in partnership with HKCSS, fortifies online safeguards for children and families in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<p>        <b> <\/b>HONG KONG SAR &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">Media OutReach Newswire<\/a> &#8211; 4 December 2023 &#8211; Latest Google survey revealed parents\u2019 concerns and changing behaviours when it comes to safeguarding children\u2019s safety online. In Hong Kong, over 8 out of 10 (82.6%) children spend 1 to 6 hours per day online, following Malaysia (83.8%) and India (82.8%) &#8211; the third-highest across 12 markets in Asia Pacific. With digital technology and internet continue to blend in children\u2019s everyday life, 72.4% of parents in Hong Kong are confident in engaging their child on the topic of online safety, yet over half (52.8%) of them expressed that it is difficult to find age-appropriate, easy-to-understand examples to discuss online safety with the kids.<\/p>\n<p><figure data-width=\"100%\" data-caption=\"On Saturday, December 2, WebOrganic held the \u201cBe a Smarter Digital Citizen\u201d Recognition Ceremony cum Fun Day, where over 70 celebrated the completion of the programme promoting their digital literacy. The event was joined by (from left to right) Joyce Lai, Assistant Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Corporate Communications and Compliance) Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Kingsley Wong, Deputy Government Chief Information Officer of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Hon Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member, Technology &amp; Innovation Constituency, Joyce Ho, Acting General Manager (HKCSS-Information Technology Resource Centre), Michael Yue, General Manager, Sales &amp; Operations, Google Hong Kong, and Betty Wong, Regional Corporate Communications Manager, Asia Pacific, Google.\" data-caption-display=\"block\" style=\"display:block;float:center;maxWidth:100% !important;width:100%;margin:0px;padding:0;textAlign:center\" align=\"center\">\n  <img alt=\"On Saturday, December 2, WebOrganic held the \u201cBe a Smarter Digital Citizen\u201d Recognition Ceremony cum Fun Day, where over 70 celebrated the completion of the programme promoting their digital literacy. The event was joined by (from left to right) Joyce Lai, Assistant Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Corporate Communications and Compliance) Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Kingsley Wong, Deputy Government Chief Information Officer of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Hon Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member, Technology &amp; Innovation Constituency, Joyce Ho, Acting General Manager (HKCSS-Information Technology Resource Centre), Michael Yue, General Manager, Sales &amp; Operations, Google Hong Kong, and Betty Wong, Regional Corporate Communications Manager, Asia Pacific, Google.\" style=\"width:100%;maxWidth:100% !important;margin:0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/437104\/Be-a-Smarter-Digital-Citizen-eve.JPG\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"\/><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/437104\/Be-a-Smarter-Digital-Citizen-eve.JPG\" alt=\"On Saturday, December 2, WebOrganic held the \u201cBe a Smarter Digital Citizen\u201d Recognition Ceremony cum Fun Day, where over 70 celebrated the completion of the programme promoting their digital literacy. The event was joined by (from left to right) Joyce Lai, Assistant Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Corporate Communications and Compliance) Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Kingsley Wong, Deputy Government Chief Information Officer of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Hon Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member, Technology &amp; Innovation Constituency, Joyce Ho, Acting General Manager (HKCSS-Information Technology Resource Centre), Michael Yue, General Manager, Sales &amp; Operations, Google Hong Kong, and Betty Wong, Regional Corporate Communications Manager, Asia Pacific, Google.\" style=\"width:100%;maxWidth:100% !important;margin:0\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption style=\"textAlign:left;fontSize:16px;lineHeight:24px;display:block;maxWidth:100% !important;margin:0;width:100%\" class=\"\">\n<p>\n      <i>On Saturday, December 2, WebOrganic held the \u201cBe a Smarter Digital Citizen\u201d Recognition Ceremony cum Fun Day, where over 70 celebrated the completion of the programme promoting their digital literacy. The event was joined by (from left to right) Joyce Lai, Assistant Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Corporate Communications and Compliance) Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Kingsley Wong, Deputy Government Chief Information Officer of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Hon Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member, Technology &amp; Innovation Constituency, Joyce Ho, Acting General Manager (HKCSS-Information Technology Resource Centre), Michael Yue, General Manager, Sales &amp; Operations, Google Hong Kong, and Betty Wong, Regional Corporate Communications Manager, Asia Pacific, Google.<\/i>\n    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b> Recognition Ceremony cum Fun Day celebrated joint effort between Google Hong Kong and HKCSS\u2019s WebOrganic on promoting online safety, officiated by LegCo member and government body <\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Realising the shared vision of promoting media literacy and online safety awareness among local children and youths and their parents, Google Hong Kong have teamed up with The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS)\u2019s WebOrganic on the \u201cBe a Smarter Digital Citizen\u201d programme. Leveraging Google resources and tools, WebOrganic held talks with 300 parents and children in Hong Kong on how to talk about online safety with children, with topics ranging from identifying internet scams, fake news and the optimal methods to prevent online frauds since February 2023, marking the Safer Internet Day. The programme also engaged with 1,000 students through WebOrganic\u2019s school network, targeting to reach 3,000 in December after school examinations, through a series of videos (Primary &amp; Secondary School Groups) developed with the support of<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.org\/\" rel=\"sponsored\"><u>Google.org<\/u><\/a>, followed by completing worksheets and discussions to ensure they well understand the crucial concept of online safety.\n<\/p>\n<p><b> Kingsley Wong, Deputy Government Chief Information Officer of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO)<\/b>, said as he officiated at the Safer Internet Day 2023 \u2013 \u201cBe a Smarter Digital Citizen\u201d Recognition Ceremony cum Fun Day on Saturday, December 2: \u201cThe OGCIO has been working closely with various stakeholders to raise public awareness on cyber security through various promotional activities, including producing leaflets and radio announcements on different themes, organising seminars and competitions, and holding seminars in schools and different organisations, with a view to assist them to protect themselves in the digital world. In addition, the Government has provided a wide range of online resources with tips and techniques on defending against cyber-attacks, frauds and cyber-bullying through various channels, including the Cyber Security Information Portal and the InfoSec of the OGCIO, thereby helping the public recognise frauds and online traps.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><b> Joyce Lai, Assistant Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Corporate Communications and Compliance) at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD)<\/b>, said at the same event: \u201cThe \u2018Be a Smarter Digital Citizen\u2019 programme aims to empower children, youths and their families with knowledge about online safety amidst the rapid technological advancement in our society. This is very much in line with one of the key focuses of the PCPD this year &#8211; Protecting Personal Data Privacy for a Smart Hong Kong.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><b> The Hon Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member, Technology &amp; Innovation Constituency<\/b>, officiated the same event and remarked: \u201cOrganisations such as the HKCSS are well positioned to connect members of the public and provide resources to enhance Hong Kongers\u2019 digital literacy as they increasingly use digital applications in daily life. \u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><b> Michael Yue, General Manager, Sales &amp; Operations, Google Hong Kong<\/b>, remarked at the opening of the event: \u201cEvery day, billions of people rely on Google products and services to find information and stay connected. We\u2019re committed to building a safer internet, and everything we do for everyone, including kids and families, is created to empower, designed to respect, and built to protect. In addition to the products and features that are built with secure-by-default in mind and advanced with AI; in Hong Kong, as we continue to fuel Hong Kong to become a Smarter Digital City, we\u2019re delighted to have teamed up with The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) on our Safer with Google journey to promote media literacy and awareness of online safety among local youths and families, by leveraging our educational resources.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><b> Joyce Ho, Acting General Manager (HKCSS-Information Technology Resource Centre)<\/b>, said: &#8220;WebOrganic and Google Hong Kong share the same mission to educate and empower local youths and families on the significance of online safety. The &#8216;Be a Smarter Digital Citizen\u2019 programme, entailing a series of talks, workshops as well as an engaging video campaign, have been empowering parents with internet usage strategies and promoting best practices from existing tools while enhancing children and youth&#8217;s awareness of their responsibilities and risks as digital citizens; through 300 sharing talks since September 2023, we have successfully kept children and parents informed about digital safety, with 80% of the participants agreed that they have improved in knowledge of misinformation and digital literacy. More works are in progress; we look forward to inspiring more children and families about the importance of online safety and cybersecurity.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><b> Google resources and secure-by-default features answer parents\u2019 unwavering need to keep children safer online<br \/>\n  <br \/><\/b><br \/>\n<br \/>Despite Hong Kong children ranked the third highest among APAC in terms of the time spending online daily, as revealed in Google\u2019s latest survey on online safety, parents in Hong Kong do see the growing use of technology and its benefits to children as they can teach their children about online safety (67.1%), help their children explore unique interest (58.9%) and find high-quality educational content for their children (55.6%). As such, more than 7 out of 10 (72.2%) responded parents in Hong Kong expect to change rules for internet use as their children grow. 6 out of 10 parents in Hong Kong expect to use more online learning tools as their children grow. Google\u2019s resources are here to help parents manage their relationship with technology and enable them to create healthy, positive digital habits:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    <b><u><a href=\"https:\/\/families.google\/intl\/zh-HK_ALL\/familylink\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">Family Link<\/a>:<\/u><\/b> the new Family Link webpage for Hong Kong is an easy-to-use app to help establish digital ground rules that allows parents to manage their child\u2019s account and devices as they explore online. Parents can set screen-time limits, manage the content their child can see and know their location when they have their device with them.<br \/>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n    <b>Be Internet Awesome<\/b><br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/gumdrop\/files\/bia-curriculum-en-june-2023.pdf\" rel=\"sponsored\"><u>toolkit<\/u><\/a>: developed in partnership with The Net Safety Collaborative and iKeepSafe.org and available in<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/services.google.com\/fh\/files\/misc\/zhhk_bia_curriculum.pdf\" rel=\"sponsored\"><u>Traditional Chinese<\/u><\/a>, the curriculum, together with the<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/services.google.com\/fh\/files\/misc\/zhhk_bia_pledge.pdf\" rel=\"sponsored\"><u>Family Pledge<\/u><\/a>, is designed to help parents teach children the skills they need to stay smart and safe online.<br \/>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n    <b>Gamified and engaging video content created for children<\/b>: the free<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com\/en_us\/interland\" rel=\"sponsored\"><u>Interland<\/u><\/a> game is filled with quests inspiring children to become a confident explorer of the online world, while<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtubekids.com\/\" rel=\"sponsored\"><u>YouTube Kids<\/u><\/a> provides a more contained environment for kids to explore YouTube and makes it easier for parents and caregivers to guide their journey<br \/>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nWith over two-thirds (67.5%) of parents in Hong Kong saying that their children have been exposed to inappropriate content online at least once, Google makes technology work for your family, with secure-by-default in mind. The new<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/510?hl=en&amp;co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid\" rel=\"sponsored\"><b><u>SafeSearch<\/u><\/b><\/a> feature is now turned on by default for signed-in users under 18, which automatically blurs explicit imagery, such as adult or graphic violent content, meanwhile YouTube, as a platform giving everyone a voice and showing them the world, upholds<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/inside-youtube\/youtubes-principled-approach-children-teenagers\/\" rel=\"sponsored\"><u>five core principles<\/u><\/a> to protect the entire community; we have also been leveraging machine learning technology, combining with human reviews, to remove over 2.5 million videos violating our child safety policies in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/transparencyreport.google.com\/youtube-policy\/featured-policies\/child-safety?hl=en\" rel=\"sponsored\"><u>Q2 2023<\/u><\/a>, in which 69% of the machine-detected violent videos on YouTube had fewer than 10 views before being removed.<\/p>\n<p>Visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/safety.google\/intl\/zh-HK\/\" rel=\"sponsored\"><u>Google Safety Center in Traditional Chinese<\/u><\/a> for more straightforward and accessible information to keep you everyday safer with Google.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.org\/\" class=\"social-media-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-right: 7px;vertical-align: middle;display: inline-block !important;width: 24px\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/Release\/templates\/images\/socialMedia\/generic_link.png\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-right: 7px;vertical-align: middle;display: inline-block !important;width: 24px\" src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/Release\/templates\/images\/socialMedia\/generic_link.png\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"\/><\/noscript>https:\/\/www.google.org\/<\/a>            <\/p>\n<p><b>Hashtag: <\/b>#Google #Cybersecurity #HongKong #Family #HKCSS<\/p>\n<p>\n            <em>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/em>\n        <\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/265183\/4121\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px;\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/hong-kong\/2023\/12\/04\/265183\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211; Media OutReach Newswire &#8211; 4 December 2023 &#8211; Latest Google survey revealed parents\u2019 concerns and changing behaviours when it comes to safeguarding children\u2019s safety online. 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