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November 14, 2019 "It is by now clear" that the big companies of the digital world "cannot be considered completely extraneous to the use of the tools that they put in the hands of their customers. It is therefore to these that I address today the most urgent appeal to responsibility towards of minors, their integrity and their future ". Thus the Pope. "Without the full involvement of the companies in the sector, without a full awareness of the moral and social repercussions of their management and their functioning, it will not be possible to guarantee the safety of minors in the digital context"."Technological development and the digital world involve enormous economic interests. The strength with which these interests tend to influence the conduct of companies cannot therefore be neglected. Acting for the responsibility of investors and managers, because the good of minors and society is not sacrificed to profit, it is therefore a commitment to be encouraged ", added Pope Francis in the audience to the participants in the Vatican conference" Promoting digital child dignity ". "As already happens for the growing social sensitivity in the environmental field or the respect for the dignity of work, so too the attention to the effective protection of minors and the fight against pornography must become increasingly present in finance and in the economy of the digital world ", he added. "The safe and healthy growth of youth is the noble goal for which it is worth working and is worth much more than the mere economic profit obtained even at the risk of doing evil to young people", concluded the Pontiff.