By A Correspondent
Google has announced the third edition of its Web Rangers contest, an initiative that is designed to spread awareness about internet safety and promote digital citizenship. The competition aims to encourage teenagers to discover their hidden ninjas and unlock their creativity in highlighting the importance of cyber safety. After screening thousands of entries, the programme will reward seven Web Rangers — who know it all about staying smart, safe and savvy online.
The contest is open to students across the country within the age group of 10 and 17 years. To take part, one has to run ones own internet safety campaign, either individually or as a team of three. It could be one large initiative or a collection of multiple projects like a social media campaign, a video series, awareness drives or all of them — there is no restriction on the format or the number of initiatives.The format is completely open – create a video, website, app or a game – but it should empower users to stay safe on the Internet and learn what it takes to be a good digital citizen.
Said Sunita Mohanty, Director, Trust and Safety at Google: “With the Web Rangers contest, our idea is to promote safe use of the Internet among school students and create better awareness amongst the teenagers on how to be good digital citizen and staying safe online. We have seen an overwhelming response to our first two editions and the participation numbers are only growing. This year, we are ramping our efforts to reach more and more teenagers across India and will be hosting many online and offline events. As we celebrate the third edition of the Web Rangers contest, we can’t wait to see what the students have in store for us,”
The deadline for submitting entries is January 15, 2018.