Three Tips For Safe Surfing Of Children And Families On The Internet

JAKARTA - This year, it is becoming increasingly clear that the digital world allows us to spark curiosity, explore, and creativity, especially for children. However, the internet can also expose them to increasing and diverse digital dangers.

This year's National Family Day, Google is sharing three tips to help families create healthy digital habits, don't fall into the trap of misinformation and stay safe online.

“At Google, we believe that protecting your privacy starts with advanced security. Google's security is driven by three core principles: treat your information responsibly, protect it with world-class security, and most importantly, keep you in control," said YouTube & NBU Marketing Director for Indonesia, Philippines and Southeast Asia. at Google, Veronica Utami at the online event Safer With Google, Wednesday 30 June.

Here are tips from Google to keep your family safe when surfing the internet.

With AI-based technology, every day, Google blocks 100 million phishing attempts and 15 billion spam messages on Gmail. However, one of the most important keys to protecting yourself on the internet is choosing a strong and difficult to guess password, especially for Google Accounts.

To more securely authenticate identities and build multiple layers of protection into Google Accounts, there's also automatic registration for two-step verification.

Second, by enhancing the Password Manager feature built right into Chrome, Android, and now iOS, to help users create, remember, store, and autofill passwords across the web.

In May, Google also announced improvements to Password Manager to automatically alert users if Google detects one of their stored passwords has been compromised due to a data breach by a third party.

Based on a survey released in February 2021 by the Google Trust Research team with parents and children aged 18 years and over across Asia Pacific and Latin America, it was found that one of the concerns of parents in Indonesia is that children view inappropriate content. on the Internet.

There are a number of family safety features that parents can use to help guard their children from content that may not be age appropriate.

“A healthy relationship with technology starts with us. It's important that we understand how we can protect ourselves in the digital world. What's more for children, this becomes a basic skill for them to be able to learn to make smart choices and navigate the digital world safely from an early age," said Veronica.

For example, SafeSearch on Google which helps filter explicit content in search results both images, videos, and websites to parental controls available on YouTube Kids that allow parents to show only videos that users approve, or select age-appropriate content. child.

There is also Family Link which allows parents to monitor device usage time and limit daily access, manage their Google Accounts, and better understand their child's behavior while surfing the internet.

"Regardless of the features available, open communication within the family is very important," said Veronica. However, the same survey stated that more than a third of parents interviewed never discussed online safety with their children and more than 70 percent of parents surveyed were not too sure that their children would ask them for help if faced with a difficult situation. not safe online.

Social isolation is a difficult impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and as a result we are looking for new ways to stay connected with our friends and family online. This means that we cannot avoid so much information and claims that are spread across the internet or on social media and it is difficult to determine which news is true and which is not, especially if users have not been trained to look for it.

However, fact checking isn't just for professionals. Every day, people look for evidence to confirm or disprove information they doubt. When you first receive information, make it a habit to check the facts so you can distinguish misinformation on the internet.

Like, check if the image is used in the right context. An image can also be taken out of context or edited to mislead the viewer. Users can also search using images by right-clicking on the image or photo and selecting “Search this image on Google.”

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"Let's make the internet safer for you, your family and everyone. Happy National Family Day!," concluded Veronica.