Nearly 22,000 children and teenagers played the "Digital Scouts: Know Before You Scroll" game
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24 August 2021Nearly 22,000 children and teenagers played the "Digital Scouts: Know Before You Scroll" game
The application became the most downloaded game in the category "Education" in the App Store and Google Play in the two days of the game - August 21 and 22.
Nearly 22 000 children and teenagers from all over the country joined the national educational initiative "Digital Scouts: Know Before You Scroll" by Telenor Bulgaria. In two consecutive days, August 21 and 22, the participants became part of the Digital Scouts team, joining the adventure via the mobile app. The game allowed the kids to learn and solve various casus related to the online dangers.
During the two days of the Digital Scouts weekend, 50 questions greeted the fans of mysteries in the Digital Scouts mobile app to reveal valuable tips related to situations such as online bullying, adult content online, fake news, phishing, passwords, and digital identity and much more
The app, available for free download in the App Store and Google Play, gave the opportunity not only to learn useful tips for online safety, but also to win great prizes from Telenor, which will be drawn on August 30. For an even more exciting experience the popular influencers from Andy Studio took care of the clues that helped participants with some of the questions.
"This is the second edition of our educational game Digital Scouts. The results we achieved make us proud, because we believe that this is the way to be closer to children and help them to be properly present in the digital world, not to be afraid, but to respond adequately to the dangers online and to make the right decisions when faced with a situation that worries them", Viliana Staneva, Corporate Communications and Social Responsibility Expert from Telenor Bulgaria said.
The digital game is held for the second year in a row and attracts the attention of both children and their parents. The campaign was supported by some of the most famous influencers, including Balan, Chefo and Tsvetina Tsolova, who encouraged their followers to take part in the adventure and take home a lot of prizes while having fun and learning useful information.
Digital Scouts was part of the youth summer festival TEEN BOOM FEST, which this year took place over the weekend at the Sea Marina in Burgas. During the two festival days, fans showed great interest in the app and the Instagram challenge prepared by Telenor Bulgaria. Their trusted partner was the favourite of all teens - Hahabg. He helped everyone with useful tips for the game, as well as to learn more about Internet safety.