As digital citizen advocates, we believe coaches need to support educators and model digital citizenship, encourage leaders, students, and educators to utilize technology, collaborate and support them in evaluating online content, and empowering educators, leaders, and students to protect personal data and digital profiles (ISTE, 4.7.a.-d.). 

The following is taken from the report below and emphasizes the need to be aware of the dangers of not being aware of the dangers of not taking digital citizenship seriously.

"There are issues pertaining to safety, health, legal, and ethical issues related to digital citizenship that technology coaches embrace when teaching others. Congress enacted the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requirements in 2000 (updated in 2011) to tackle the obscene/harmful content that happens over the Internet (Federal  Communications Commission, FCC, 2019). Libraries and schools that are subject to the CIPA must adopt/implement an Internet safety policy that addresses:

• Access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet;
• The safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms and other forms of direct electronic communications;
• Unauthorized access, including so-called “hacking,” and other unlawful activities by minors online;
• Unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors; and
• Measures restricting minors' access to materials harmful to them. (FCC, 2019, para. 5)."