There are various risks tied to the Web. Toxic evils like cybercrimes, cyberbullying, on-line harassment, aggressive online comments, defamation, hateful speech, plagiarism, etc. are growing among young people. The search of antidotes to fight the above issues is becoming a common concern for governments, educational authorities, teachers, parents and children alike. Literature stresses on the crucial role of education for combating cyber risks among young people. There is a general agreement about the responsibility that schools have in this challenging battle. This book tackles some dark aspects of the Web, explores them thoughtfully and gives the suggestions of experts for preventing them.

Expert in computer science and social anthropology, he is professor and head of the Laboratory of Pedagogical Technologies at the Rezekne Academy of Technologies, in Latvia. He is member of the PHD board “Economy, Ecology and Preservation of Agricultural and Environmental Systems” at the University of Udine, in Italy; President of a private non-profit research institute in Italy (Ecoistituto del Friuli Venezia Giulia), specialized in sustainable development. For many years he was contract professor at the University of Udine and at the University of Trieste (Document management, Information systems, Theory of systems); he worked as a manager in several private ICT companies and was director of an R&D laboratory of a large ICT company in Italy.