Moldovan president says digitalization implies huge benefits, but also risks for children

Chisinau, 15 February /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu today participated in the opening of the International Forum Children’s Safety Online. The participants in the event discussed children’s security on the Internet, the presidential press service has reported.   

„The digitalization implies huge benefits, but also entails high risks, especially for small children. Children use the Internet and we cannot  stop them, but we, the adults, the entire society, must help them understand that there can also be dangers in the online environment. Now, we can report the contents with risk of sexual abuse on the platform, www.siguronline.md, so that they are removed from the online space,’’ Maia Sandu said.    

The Moldovan president also said that the European integration process meant also more safety for all citizens, including for children.  

„The European Union means also an entire network of states which work together, in order to better protect the children. Thank you for the support provided by the United States and the European Union and I appreciate the partnership between the Interior Ministry and the La Strada International Centre, which organized this Forum,’’ the head of state noted.