Elementy budowania przyjaznej dziecku przestrzeni cyfrowej w kontekście działań na rzecz zrównoważonego rozwoju
Components of Building a Child-friendly Digital Environment in the Context of Sustainability Efforts

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the study is to identify and describe the conditions and opportunities for building a child-friendly digital environment in a modern world dominated by new information and communication technologies, particularly in relation to sustainable development efforts. The review of these opportunities is based primarily on official documents and available reports and studies published by international, state and social institutions working in this area. Children and adolescents are a strongly inconsistent group of users of virtual space. The key and basic element influencing the use of digital tools and vulnerability to online threats is the age of the recipients of digital content and their competencies in this area. The article outlines the characteristics of different age groups of young Internet users and the related challenges for lawmakers, parents and educators. It discusses selected aspects of children’s functioning in the space of the Internet and new technologies based on General Comment No. 25 (2021) on children's rights in the digital environment, issued under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is also pointed out how these rights can be respected through the realization of certain sustainable development goals.

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