Topic: 2025 – Protecting and Empowering Youth in Digital Spaces
Country: Algeria
Delegate Name: Anishka Bhargava
Committee: Human Rights Council
Protecting and Empowering Youth in Digital Spaces
Country: Algeria
Name: Anishka Bhargava
School: Forest Hills Northern
Technologies use has spread rapidly, opening new ways for education, communication, and economic development. More than 5 billion people use the internet today, and more young people are likely to use the internet. This has been causing risks, including cyberbullying, online exploitation, misinformation, and violations of privacy. According to UNICEF, one in every three people under 18 years old is exposed to online environments without safety. These issues have placed the protection of young people in the digital space at a bigger public concern.
Algeria has gone through fast digital growth. In 2025, Internet insight reached approximately 79 percent, with nearly 38 million users. Most of these were young people. Social media use has also expanded, with over 27 million users. This expansion has created opportunities for students and young people, but has also increased the risks. Algerian that did an study on social media shows a rise in cyberbullying and harassment rates in young people, especially on phones. At the same time, about 20 percent of the population still remains without access to the Internet, leaving rural and poor young people at a disadvantage. Algeria has tried to solve these issues by embarking on different projects and increasing literacy programs in schools.
The UN has solved some resolutions on child protection and educational empowerment. Algeria supports these efforts and shows a safer way to access online while maintaining safety and moral values. Algeria has taken part in UN discussions on child protection, supported global cyber safety, and keeping national laws with international standards of protection and online security. The country therefore, shares support for UN recommendations while at the same time emphasizing that developing states need training, funding, and infrastructure support.
Algeria seeks to extend digital literacy among youth, especially in rural areas, by making its the internet more safter. The delegation supports creating safer digital platforms, training programs for educators, and greater access to safe internet infrastructure. Algeria calls for global standards of child protection online, increased funding within the United Nations for building cybersecurity, and campaigns that teach responsible online behavior.
