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MTN, Facebook and NITA-U join the Internet Watch Foundation to stamp out child sexual abuse online

by Muhereza Kyamutetera
Left-Right: Mr. Arnold Mangeni, the NITA-U Director, Information Security; Crystal Newman (Campaign Brand Ambassador); Julius Tracy, the Commissioner Information Technology at the Ministry of ICT and and National Guidance; Lillian Nalwoga, President Internet Society, Uganda Chapter; Deborah Gassana, Child Protection Specialist – UNICEF and Michael Niyitegeka (Campaign Brand Ambassador) at the Help Children Be Children Campaign launch in Kampala on 1 February 2021.
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As more and more Ugandans turn to the internet for work, learning, and entertainment during the raging Covid-19 pandemic, the Internet Watch Federation (IWF) is urging internet users in Uganda to be on the watch out for and to report online child sexual abuse material. In a new campaigned dubbed, Help Children Be Children, that was launched on 1 February 2021, IWF has teamed up with Facebook an

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Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.