Information and communication technology has made the Internet increasingly popular among children. About one-third of Internet users in the world are children, and there are 175 million children accessing Internet in China. Affected by Covid-19, 572 million students in 30 countries have been influenced by school closures, leaving hundreds of millions of students reliant on online education. Therefore, if uncontrolled surfing habits prevail among children, it will cause nearsightedness, game addiction, exposure to pornography, which affecting children's healthy growth and well-being.

Under the policy of "no school suspension for children "in China, China Mobile actively explores a cloud-based centralized platform to launch a secure Internet access service for children. It supports parents to reasonably arrange children's online time and block pornography in real time, helping children to learn and entertain reasonably and healthily in various network scenarios such as mobile and domestic use.

At present, this service has covered 31 provinces nationwide, providing clean Internet access for nearly 30 million users, blocking pornography with an average of 15 million times per day. It has provided a reliable cyberspace for children and enhanced people's public trust in the information society, ensuring that ICT development can effectively protect the interests of children.

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The project is based on a cloud-based centralized system in the communication network to achieve parent-controlled services to prevent Internet addiction and pornography hazards, compatible with various terminals such as cell phones, PCs, iPads, etc. There are no special requirements for operating systems, and no additional software needs to be installed at the terminal, which makes it easy to be replicated quickly in a multi-terminal and multi-system network environment. At the same time, the technical implementation of the solution uses and complies with 3GPP technologies and standards such as PCRF and APN, and has fast replication capability, which can be applied to communication networks in all industries.

The issue of Internet addiction and pornography in children is not specifically in China but it is an international problem. This project can also be replicated in other countries to build confidence in the use of information and communication technologies, so we publish our practice to share our experience.

Through cloud-based services, the project helps children achieve clean Internet access to prevent the dangers of children's Internet addiction and pornography, and enables children who grow up in an information society to enjoy the convenience of information technology while eliminating the risks of Internet use. Therefore, we can ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, and promote the formation of a just, safe, and inclusive society.

Particularly, as Covid-19 continues globally, the trend toward online education for children and Internet access at home is becoming increasingly salient. A growing number of parents have been paying more attention to the safety of children’s access to Internet, and showing interests to related safety services to protect children online. Our project can play more and more significant role in promoting the healthy growth of children and the sustainable development of society.

Generally, the Internet is the engine of development, and it is advisable for children's growth to keep pace with the rapid development of the information age. However, sometimes children become addicted to online games and are influenced by content such as pornography, which can cause physical and mental damage to children. This project aims to protect children in cyberspace and promote the development of a sustainable information society. Therefore, the project contributes to the confidence of the whole society in ICT and directly contributes to CIS5: Building Confidence and Safety in the Use of ICT, which has practical implications for the information technology industry.