📋 Tender Overview
From early childhood children are exposed to the use of screens directly or indirectly. In preschool age the use of smartphones computers tables and game consoles is massive which is consolidated over the years.The pros and cons of this phenomenon have been the subject of study by various entities including the International Telecommunication Union of the United Nations ITU that has called for protecting children from the threats generated by virtual reality.Along these lines Senators Mara Jos Gatica Juan Luis Castro Ivn Flores and Alejandro Kusanovic presented a project that modifies the General Telecommunications Law in order to promote the protection of children in the use of online platforms.The norm that will be analyzed by the members of the Committee on Transport and Telecommunications proposes a new letter to article 24 of the aforementioned law referring to the exploitation and operation of Telecommunications Services and Reimbursable Financing Contributions.The motion obliges telecommunications services to submit to a technical regulatory framework around the protection of children online. The idea is that this plan has the measures and activities to protect children and future generations. It must be presented and approved at the time of granting the concession of use to companies in the ICT industry.For context the legislators recall that the ease of access to the internet and digital technology also entails significant challenges for effective connectivity and for the rights of the child including their security. The consequences range from threats to the protection of personal data and privacy harassment and cyberbullying harmful online content seduction for sexual purposes and sexual abuse and exploitation.In turn the motion emphasizes that dependence on digital technologies increased during the pandemic so children could be under greater threat.
