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Internet Citizens is a series of day-long workshops for 13-18 year olds in cities across the U.K., as part of YouTube's Creators for Change program, which supports creators who are tackling social issues and promoting awareness, tolerance and empathy on their YouTube channels. The workshops will help young people find a positive sense of belonging online and teach skills on how to participate safely and responsibly, and use tools such as flagging and comment moderation to make the web better for all. Some of the specific topics include what could be done in response to offensive speech, fake news, echo chambers and how they could use video to bring diverse groups together.
The project was in fact launched back in April and now in August, thanks to positive feedback, YouTube are bringing the Internet Citizens programme to 20,000 more young people in the UK, through workshops, youth workers and schools.
Internet Citizens website: https://internetcitizens.withyoutube.com/
Original announcement from April: https://www.blog.google/topics/google-europe/migration-folder-googlepolicyeuropeblogspotcom-2016-08-04-185442/internet-citizens-lets-make-better-web/
Latest update announcing the bigger programme: https://youtube-uk.googleblog.com/2017/07/bringing-internet-citizens-our-program.html
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What do you think?
I think that any initiative that looks out for children's safety online has to be a good thing. I also wonder if this project was launched due to pressure from advertisers linked to the advertising boycott.
It's also a bit weird that this only seems to be happening in the UK.
Thoughts?
The project was in fact launched back in April and now in August, thanks to positive feedback, YouTube are bringing the Internet Citizens programme to 20,000 more young people in the UK, through workshops, youth workers and schools.
Internet Citizens website: https://internetcitizens.withyoutube.com/
Original announcement from April: https://www.blog.google/topics/google-europe/migration-folder-googlepolicyeuropeblogspotcom-2016-08-04-185442/internet-citizens-lets-make-better-web/
Latest update announcing the bigger programme: https://youtube-uk.googleblog.com/2017/07/bringing-internet-citizens-our-program.html
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What do you think?
I think that any initiative that looks out for children's safety online has to be a good thing. I also wonder if this project was launched due to pressure from advertisers linked to the advertising boycott.
It's also a bit weird that this only seems to be happening in the UK.
Thoughts?
