Intelligent risk management for children and youths in the digital age – WS 05 2014

Session subject:

• positive aspects of the current situation

• future developments and resulting challenges

• options to react and to cope with the challenges

• innovation and progress

Session description: In respect of the legal framework of children's rights (freedom of speech and information, privacy and the right to grow up in a safe and secure environment) and parents and other adults' duties to care and educate intelligent risk management for children and youths in the digital world must build on different pillars, i. e. positive content, parental control by technical means, safety by design, empowerment of children and youths.Overall, measures aimed at protection of minors need to be applied in a broad social and ethical contexts, combining application of new technologies, parental oversight, education, social services, law enforcement, and self-regulatory policies by social networks and ISPs. The workshop will invite 4 speakers to give a short statement of the status quo each speaker towards one of the 4 pillars (5 min each). By means of an appreciative approach the workshop participants will then discuss: positive aspects of the current situation, future developments and resulting challenges, options to react and to cope with the challenges, innovation and progress. The debate shall cover technical aspects as well as societal developments and the legal and political framework. See discussion

People:

• Focal point: Jutta Croll, Zentrum für Kinderschutz im Internet - I-KiZ
• Live moderator: Jutta Croll
• Rapporteur: Regina Henke
• Remote participation moderator: Katharina
• Digital facilitator: Lorena
• Panelists/speakers:

•Positive Content (John Carr/Lidia de Reese)
•Parental Control by technical means (Elizabeth Milovidov/ Narine Khachatryan)
•Safety by Design (Sabine Frank / Tilman Gräter)
•Empowerment of children and youths (Lennart Nickel / Luca Troncone)

Format of this working group at EuroDIG: Workshop. World cafe

Protocol. Discussions: See discussion

Further reading:

Live stream / remote participation: Link

Final report from working group: PDF (approx. 2 weeks after event)

Mailing List: risk-management@collaboratory.de

Pictures from working group: Link

Session twitter hashtag: #eurodig_ws5