Google on Wednesday launched its global ‘Be Internet Awesome’ programme for children in India in partnership with Indian comic book publisher Amar Chitra Katha to interweave critical internet safety lessons across eight Indian languages.

 The tech giant has also launched an enhanced Google Safety Centre in eight Indic languages as part of its efforts to step up safety of users on the internet.

 Google has significantly increased its resources dedicated to India’s Trust Safety teams, including product

policy analysts, security specialists, and user trust experts that support over 10 vernacular Indian languages, enabling its central teams to benefit from the local nuance and inputs.

This will help Google India continue its work around misinformation, fraud, threats to child safety, violent extremism, phishing attacks, and malware. It will also further strengthen Google’s global trust and safety operations of over 20,000 people, who are dedicated to identifying, fighting and preventing online harm.

 “Our north star is to make the internet helpful for a billion Indians...Every single day, more people are placing their trust in the internet and adopting new services and all of us in the technology industry, have a responsibility to honour their trust,” Google India Country Manager and Vice-President Sanjay Gupta said at the ‘Google for India’ virtual event.

He added that Google treats user data with utmost responsibility and gives users complete control over their data.