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An adolescent girl uses a computer at an Internet cafe on the island of Nosy Be, off the northwest coast of Madagascar. The Internet is used by adults who seek children to sexually exploit them. Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world with 91 per cent of the country’s 21 million people living on less than US $2 per day.
An adolescent girl uses a computer at an Internet cafe on the island of Nosy Be, off the northwest coast of Madagascar. The Internet is used by adults who seek children to sexually exploit them. Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world with 91 per cent of the country’s 21 million people living on less than US $2 per day.
UNICEF’s first comprehensive look at how digital
technology affects children’s lives, identifies dangers and opportunities. It
argues that stakeholders have not kept up with the pace of change, exposing
children to new risks and leaving millions of the most disadvantaged children
behind.