| dc.description.abstract | This thesis focuses on how universal design of ICT (products and services) can be used to enhance child online protection and ensure that children and young people can use the internet as safely and satisfactory as anyone else. Development of technology comes with a lot of risks that may face children when using internet unsupervised due to their inability to make decisions and become vulnerable to the environment. However, Parents, care givers and other stakeholders have the obligation to make sure that children are safe at all the time. By understand parental/ guardian's information literacy and safety skills awareness towards child online protection will secure children from the danger and risks(the online risks such as cyberbullying, cyber harassment and cybercrimes, child trafficking and kidnapping, child abuse and others) arising from using the internet and technologies. However, promoting accessible and usable tools for child online protection will increase parental engagement in protecting their children from online risks. | en_US |
