Juveniles Safety on the Internet in Georgia (Problems and Methods of Solution)

摘要

Application of modern technologies in everyday life provides great opportunities for developing digital literacy, but concurrently contains a risk of changing biological nature of juveniles too. In such situations the safety of the young generation on the Internet is a topical issue. This paper highlights the dangers such as the harmful effect of information on the mental and physical health of young generation, psychological attack against teenagers, their instigation to commit a crime, illegal treatments and dissemination of personal data. Shortcomings in legislation are also identified. The paper presents justifications for the requirement of the strategy development for protecting juveniles on the Internet by taking into account the balance of privacy protection, healthy conservatism and preservation of population. The proposal for creation of protective document is based on the use of custom and moral norms and formation of information culture: 1. Dangers with regard to age-related "sensitivity": undesirable contacts (that may result in sexual abuse); Cyber bullying; so-called "dangerous materials" (pornography, video tape representing extremist and/or sexual violence); internet dependence or addiction and the process of internet socialization of juveniles; 2. Integration of informational support mechanisms and telecommunication technologies (complex approach); 3. Problems of cyber ecology, internet culture, aesthetic education and upbringing; 4. Technical protection and standardization of the internet. Organizational-structural measurements: a) Creation of the institute of children's ombudsman, which will provide coordination of juvenile protection on the internet; b) Auditing of information safety, as the mechanism of implementation of the systematic process of qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the present condition of information safety.