Cyberharassment: Orange and the UNSS mobilize young Gard athletes at Grau-du-Roi

600 élèves devront être sensibilisés au harcèlement d’ici à la fin de l’année. DR

This Monday afternoon, at the Espiguette campsite, several harassment awareness workshops were organized as part of the French school football championship.

In France, 20% of young people have already been confronted with a situation of cyberharassment. This Monday, May 27, at the Espiguette campsite, in Grau-du-Roi, Orange and the National Union of School Sports (UNSS) organized awareness workshops for young people athletes gathered for the French school football championship. This initiative, which is part of the Orange digital center program, aims to promote responsible and secure use of digital technology among middle school students.

An alliance for a responsible digital world

Orange and the UNSS have joined forces to deploy these awareness workshops during sports meetings organized throughout the year, relying on the educators of the UNSS. rsquo;UNSS. These sessions aim to make young people aware of the risks of cyberharassment and good practices to adopt online.

For Florent Flaure, director of digital inclusion and the Orange digital center in Occitanie and New Aquitaine, "sport is an excellent way of passing on the right reflexes to adopt". Given the importance given to digital technology among young people, "it is essential to give them the right benchmarks so that they behave responsibly on social networks".

600 young people sensitized by the end of the year

The first awareness session took place this Monday afternoon, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and brought together many young people at Grau-du-Roi. This event marks the start of a series of workshops which will take place in all departments of the Montpellier academy, with the aim of raising awareness among 600 young people from 40 different educational establishments across the country. rsquo;here the end of the year 2024.

According to a study by the Caisse d’Epargne and the e-Enfance association, 20 % of young people in France have already been confronted with a situation of cyberharassment. This reality makes the initiative of Orange and the UNSS all the more relevant and necessary. Partner of the next Olympic Games in Paris (July 26 to 11). nbsp;August), Orange continues to promote the values ​​of respect, inclusion and safety, essential both in sport and in the use of digital technology.