BAE, KIM & LEE LLC, together with Google, held the Online Safety Forum: Building Digital Trust on the 17th under the theme of digital trust and the protection of children and teenagers.
The forum was organized to discuss issues such as the growing problems of disinformation and deepfakes in Korean society and the protection of children and teenagers in the digital environment. Experts from the government, industry, the legal community, and academia attended.
Christy Abizaid, vice president of Trust and Safety at Google, said, "Innovation in technology grounded in a deep understanding of child development is necessary," and noted, "Google operates a system that reflects the views of child development experts at the product and policy design stage."
Managing partner attorney Lee Jun-gi of Taepyeongyang said, "Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital platforms have also presented new tasks of digital trust and the protection of children and teenagers," and added, "Industry, academia, and the government need to put their heads together to seek response measures."
Second Vice Minister Ryu Je-myeong of the Ministry of Science and ICT said, "The Basic Act on AI must also evolve in step with technological change," and nonstanding commissioner Ryu Shin-hwan of the Korea Communications Commission said, "We will do our best to build a digital environment that children and teenagers can use safely."
The subsequent seminar, under the theme of "Building digital trust in the AI era," examined response measures to the recent rise in online fraud and deepfakes. In the following seminar on "The growth of children and teenagers in the digital and AI era," Google emphasized that "children should be supported so they can protect themselves in the digital environment and use technology as a tool for learning and growth."