Tech giant partners with NFVCB, others to train 250 students on Safer Internet Day 2016

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February 10, 2016 11:51 AM

This year’s event, themed “Play Your Part for a Better Internet”, took place at Queens College, Lagos. It included a training session and movie screening for 250 students and the presentation of a paper on online safety.

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Google Nigeria, for the second year running, partnered with the National Film and Videos Censors Board (NFVCB) and Home Vida, to organise an interactive programme for Nigerian students, in commemoration of Safer Internet Day.

This year’s event, themed “Play Your Part for a Better Internet”, took place at Queens College, Lagos. It included a training session and movie screening for 250 students and the presentation of a paper on online safety. Discussions were also held with policy makers including the National Film and Video Censors Board; Nigerian Communications Commission; the Lagos State Ministry of Education and the Nigeria Internet Registration Association.

According to Google’s Policy & Government Relations Manager, Titi Akinsanmi, “a safe internet is undoubtedly good for everyone. We all use the internet, so it is important for government, the organised private sector and civil societies to continue to collaborate to develop and promote strong policies aimed at improving the safety of users while on the Web. As the online safety landscape continues to evolve, key stakeholders need to employ smarter tools that will ensure the online environment remains safe for everyone”.

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As part of events on the day, Google also announced the launch of the Web Rangers program in Nigeria. The program, which currently runs in 10 countries, provides workshops which aims to train young people to become ‘online safety ambassadors’ who will help raise awareness of online safety with their colleagues and in their schools.

“We will be working with the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) and HomeVida, to train over 10,000 Nigerian students via the Web Rangers face-to-face training sessions and via the newly launched online portal at ,” said Akinsanmi.

Safer Internet Day (SID) has been celebrated on the second day of the second week of the second month of the year since 2004.

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