The Head of State has announced the launch of an application to denounce the facts of school harassment, the experimentation of training in social networks and legislative strengthening of parental control.
Le Monde with AFP
Emmanuel Macron announced, on the occasion of the National Mobilization Day against School Harassment, Thursday, November 18, new measures for the protection of victims and for “shame changes from camp”. Among the ads are the reinforcement of the parental control on the screens used by the children and the creation of a new application to help the victims to denounce the facts, in addition to the number already devoted to the reports, the 3018.
In the video he has published on social networks, the Head of State notes that, despite the initiatives taken, especially since the beginning of his five-year, “harassment always rages in school, on the social networks, without leaving no time of respite to those who are victims “. “That’s why we will continue to mobilize, especially because harassed students are often isolated and are afraid. We must facilitate the reporting of what they are victims,” he insisted.
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Strengthen parental control and raise awareness of social networks
Touching nearly one in ten children, school harassment has indeed dramatic consequences, leading some young victims to kill themselves. Dinah Suicide, a 14-year-old college student harassed by his classmates a few weeks ago recalled the need for strengthening schemes for the prevention of harassment and accompanying action for victims. The President of the Republic and his wife, Brigitte Macron, had discussed it with children and adolescents at the Elysee on November 4th.
The head of state has thus announced Thursday that “in addition to the number 3018 set up, an app 3018 will be launched in February to allow victims and witnesses to address a screenshot of situations of situations. Harassment so that these are even better accompanied “.
“We will strengthen the houses of adolescents, the youth listening points, the physical places with people who are there to receive the floor and to listen anywhere in the territory,” he added.
To help children “better use networks and digital”, the President of the Republic has also announced that the state would launch “experimentation by issuing a certification to digital awareness for sixth students from Back to school 2022, with the idea, then, to generalize the next school year “.
” Do not give way to the law of silence, indifference or shame “
Finally, “Because this fight is collective, we will change the law to improve parental control, making sure that it is installed by default on all phones, computers, tablets used by children, as I had announced two years ago, “says Macron.
“We can win this fight against harassment by taking our responsibilities, being listening to our children, relying on the remarkable work that associations are on a daily basis, on the mobilization of national education, which has profoundly changed in recent years, and we will further accelerate it, it is possible, “he says. “It is possible, provided it does not give way to the law of silence, indifference or shame. We will not let go,” concludes Mr. Macron in his intervention.