How to prevent "little netizens" from being addicted to the Internet
The protection of minors online requires the participation of multiple parties
In recent years, there have been more and more "little Internet fans" at a young age.
How to create a healthy, civilized and orderly network environment for minors, protect the physical and mental health of minors, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of minors in cyberspace is the common responsibility of the whole society.
Children addicted to online games is a headache for many parents.
According to Zhao Zhanzheng, legal counsel of the Credit Evaluation Center of the Internet Society of China, the key to solving minors' addiction to online games, as well as high rewards and high consumption, lies in the strict implementation of the real-name system for users on the online platform.
"Not only must real-name registration, but also real-name authentication, to prevent fake others' identities, borrowing others' identities for registration, and minors renting and purchasing adult accounts for use." Zhao Zhan emphasized that this requires users to not only register when registering To provide a photo of my ID card or a photo of holding an ID card, face recognition verification is also required to ensure that the registrant of the account is the same as the user.
Zhang Xiaobing, an associate researcher at the China Youth Research Center, believes that the key to online protection of minors lies in the supervision and guidance of guardians.
As the child's first responsible person, the guardian must cultivate the child's good online habits, control the time spent online, and guide the child to browse useful content.
At the same time, schools also have the responsibility to effectively guide students, carry out online literacy education, improve students' information screening ability, and guide them to report or seek help from parents, teachers, etc. in a timely manner when they encounter cyberbullying, cyber infringement, or cyber fraud.
On March 14, the Cyberspace Administration of China publicly solicited opinions again on the "Regulations on the Protection of Minors on the Internet (Draft for Comment)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comment").
The draft for comments has a total of 7 chapters and 67 articles, nearly doubling the content of the draft for comments in 2016, and adding a special chapter on strengthening the cultivation of minors' Internet literacy, as well as strengthening the protection of minors' personal information.
Regarding the addition of a special chapter for the protection of minors' personal information in the draft for comments, Zhao Zhan said that it further refined the collection, processing, use, and protection of information, echoing the Personal Information Protection Law, and filling part of the system gap.
Zhang Xiaobing also believes that this conforms to the development trend of separate legislation and special protection for personal information protection in my country.
The Personal Information Protection Law clearly stipulates that the personal information of minors under the age of 14 is sensitive personal information, and the consent of their parents or guardians should be obtained when processing them.
The special chapter of the draft for comments refines the provisions, clarifies the basic principles and informed consent for the handling of minors' personal information, and particularly emphasizes the necessity of handling minors' sensitive personal information, prior assessment, and individual consent. The rules require that assessment reports and records of processing should be kept for at least 3 years.
"These regulations actually impose heavy responsibilities on various subjects, which means that the protection of minors in my country has entered a new stage, and everything follows the basic principles that are most beneficial to minors." Zhang Xiaobing said.
The reporter noticed that the draft for comments also added a special chapter on strengthening the cultivation of minors' Internet literacy.
Among them, it is mentioned that network literacy education should be included in the content of school quality education, and the evaluation indicators of network literacy of minors should be formulated.
Improve the Internet access conditions for minors, and provide high-quality Internet literacy education courses by assigning instructors or purchasing services from the government.
Zhang Xiaobing pointed out that it is indeed necessary to cultivate network literacy, and guardians should correctly perform guardianship duties, educate and guide minors to enhance their awareness and ability to protect personal information, guide minors to exercise their rights in personal information processing activities, and help minors People improve their network literacy and self-protection ability.
At the same time, guardians should consciously increase parent-child screen time and guide children to view the Internet dialectically.
In Zhang Xiaobing's view, the draft for comments clarifies the principle that is most beneficial to minors, and implements the interests of minors in all aspects of network protection, but there are still several issues that need to be clarified.
For example, if the guardian did not choose the youth mode, which caused the child to reward or indulge in games, who will bear the ultimate responsibility?
How to balance the responsibilities between guardians, creators and platforms?
How to link the Exposure Draft with the Family Education Promotion Law?
Zhang Xiaobing suggested that a mandatory reporting system should be added.
For example, online product and service providers are encouraged to report situations that are detrimental to the physical and mental health of minors or infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of minors and report to relevant departments in a timely manner; In the face of other dangerous situations, report to the relevant departments in a timely manner.
Han Yang, a trainee reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily