CATHERINE TAIT: Helping kids be safer and savvier online

By Catherine Tait, the head of the public broadcaster Our children are growing up in a polarized digital world — one sometimes full of anger, intolerance and, too often, manipulation and toxic misinformation. Our children are growing up in a society where, if left unchecked, these forces may threaten our democratic way of life. We need to ensure our children have the tools to understand what is going on around them on the devices that they look at each and every day. Digital media literacy is the key. This matters for our kids, and it matters for our public discourse....