The Government on Tuesday launched a new online game for children in an effort to promote a safer internet environment for them.
The Communication Authority’s Director of Legal Services, Mercy Wanjau, launched the game known as Cyber Soldjas targeting children aged four to 14 years old with content that address their curiosity but also instils the right moral values.
Wanjau said that developing the content was important to counter unhealthy materials on the internet to take advantage of the children when they spend more time online.
“The game is aimed at guiding the children through a maze of potential dangers online and also teaching them how to protect their identity, personal data, recognise sites containing harmful content and finally develop a critical approach towards information found on the Internet,” Wanjau said.
The game has five levels based on vulnerabilities and risks on the Internet, including cybercrime, identity theft, fake news and catfishing.
She said the program was necessary as a counter-narrative to negative materials now that children spend more time online when learning.
Wanjau launched the material when she presided over the international Safer Internet Day on behalf of the agency’s director-general Ezra Chiloba.
Celebration of the day began as an initiative of the European Union Safe Borders project in 2004.
It is today celebrated in close to 130 countries around the world.
