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Soreang District is one of the sub-districts in Bandung Regency, West Java Province, which is the location of Student's Community Service Course (KKNM) activities, which is an integrated program with Universitas Padjadjaran Lecturer Community Service (PPMD) program. The lack of knowledge among rural teenagers in the digital sector is reinforced by the fact that there have been several cases of online fraud, and still, some students do not understand the ethics and culture of digital platform usage. This activity aims to provide teenagers with an understanding of digital literacy, especially digital safety and ethics material. The method combines counseling methods interspersed with case studies, workshops, and interactive quizzes. PPM activities Digital literacy training is an alternative to encourage accelerated development in rural areas and improve human resource quality through digital technology. Digital literacy will contribute to strengthening the community and rural government in increasing knowledge and understanding and opening up new economic opportunities in rural areas as a form of positive impact from digital technology. The training participants were 50 adolescents aged 13 – 19 years at Armidale English College (AEC), an informal training/education facility for practicing English language skills. AEC is located in Soreang District, Bandung Regency. The reason for choosing this location was that AEC had adequate facilities to hold training activities, and there was a large number of teenage students who were active there, so it was considered to represent the majority of the teenage population in the Soreang District area. This digital literacy training activity went well, as shown by the response and enthusiasm of the participants and related stakeholders, who were very responsive and very helpful in this activity. Considering how important and valuable digital literacy is today, it is hoped that community empowerment activities, especially for adolescents, focusing on the digital space will continue to improve in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]