Short video platform Tik Tok held a three-day content conference as a partner of JAAGO Foundation to empower the youth. The concluding session of the content competition of the conference was held on Sunday (February 19).
The conference organized a special session on TikTok digital safety, positive content creation and responsible use of social media. Participants in the ‘Be Cyber Cool’ session workshop learned a lot about the topic through interactive activities and discussions, said TikTok’s Bangladeshi partners.
According to a press release, last Friday (February 17) organized ‘Youth Empowerment Summit-2023’. One of the objectives of this initiative of JAAGO Foundation is to ensure that the youth of Bangladesh learn to understand and empower themselves to use their talent and knowledge to build a beautiful future and a beautiful world with it.
More than 500 youth leaders from across the country participated in various sessions of the conference, all of whom are members of Volunteers for Bangladesh (VBD), a program of JAAGO Foundation. These youth leaders are actively involved in community development and are interested in learning about internet safety and responsible use of social media.
This session of 1 hour and 15 minutes was conducted by Head of Communication of UNDP Bangladesh Md. Abdul Qayyum. He gave a thorough overview of TikTok’s community guidelines and also discussed positive usage of the platform and positive content creation. Rafsan Shabab, a popular creator and presenter shared his real-life digital security issues and content creation issues on stage. This interactive session discussed the creation of positive content and its impact, along with a competition for participants to create such content.
Last year, TikTok and JAAGO Foundation jointly launched a campaign called ‘Sabdhane Online’. Its objective was to inform about digital safety, positive use of social media and creating positive content for the youth of Bangladesh. So far 14 workshops have been organized across the country as part of this, involving youth. TikTok user-generated content associated with the campaign has been viewed more than 668,000 times.
The event is part of the platform’s global awareness campaign on digital security during ‘Safer Internet Month’. This year, TikTok extended its partnership with JAAGO Foundation to launch the second phase of the ‘Sabdhane Online’ (Be Careful Online)’ campaign with the global theme ‘Together for a Better Internet’. As part of this initiative, the two organizations will continue their efforts to reach out to more youth across the country and educate them about digital safety.
