We can all work together to create a better and safer internet – McGahon Today is Internet Safety Day
9th February 2021 - Senator John McGahon
We can all work together to create a better and safer internet, a Fine Gael Senator has said.
John McGahon, Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Communications is encouraging parents, teachers and children to engage with Internet Safety Day, which is today the 9
th of February.
Originally an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004, Internet Safety Day is now celebrated in approximately 170 countries worldwide.
Senator McGahon said: “Parents, teachers and children all over Ireland should engage with Internet Safety Day, and work together to create a better internet for all. This year’s event is focusing on the theme of ‘Together for a better internet’ and it calls upon all stakeholders to join together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, especially for children and young people.
Louth Senator urges teachers, parents and kids to work together to make the internet safer
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We can all work together to create a better and safer internet, a Louth Fine Gael Senator has said.
John McGahon, Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Communications is encouraging parents, teachers and children to engage with Internet Safety Day tomorrow, February 9th.
Originally an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004, Internet Safety Day is now celebrated in approximately 170 countries worldwide.
Senator McGahon said: “Parents, teachers and children all over Ireland should engage with Internet Safety Day, and work together to create a better internet for all.
01 February 2021
Save the Children and Facebook launch the first ever Online Safety Campaign in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga 01 February 2021
Save the Children is partnering with Facebook to deliver a campaign in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga titled, ‘I Am Digital’, specifically directed at issues that concern children and young people from local communities and where they are seeking reliable support.
The ‘I Am Digital’ social media online safety campaign will run for five weeks from 1st February, in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga, and feature educational materials in English, Fijian iTaukei, Fiji Hindi, Samoan, Tok Pisin and Tongan. Music producer Jawsh 685, singer Mia Kami, children’s TV show presenter Lei, comic artist and pro-wrestler Michel Mulipola, and artist and magazine founder Aysha Nanai-Leifi are amongst the well-known names backing the campaign to educate and empower Pacific Island teenagers a
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German chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the decision, arguing that we’re all in a dystopian world where the power over public communication is vested in a few key tech company bosses, no matter how righteous the decision.
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facilitate the licensing of rights in audiovisual works
to video-on-demand services
4. This is in
response to the lack of EU audio-visual works available on
video-on-demand (
VoD) platforms, despite the
growing popularity of on-demand services (such as Netflix and
Amazon Video). This is partly attributed to the fact that
agreements for online exploitation of such works can be difficult
to conclude due to certain territorial rightsholders not having
sufficient economic incentive to exploit a work online.
Consequently, Article 13 of the DSM Directive requires Member
States to put in place a mediator or neutral body to assist parties
to negotiate and reach contractual agreements related to the