(www.neomundo.com.ar-_*_Especial_Lic.) MarÃa Beatriz Müller)-notorious is that has grown extremely dangerous child pornography over the internet and access of paedophiles to children through social networks and chat rooms. The network has helped develop and reinforce these crimes. A few years ago the child pornography was just a commercial issue, among a limited number of people, while today internet allows you to share files free of charge and on a global basis and unfortunately there are no efficient controls.
How simple it is to download, the costs small or even non-existent, the visual quality of the files, anonymous access and connection to pedophiles around the world has given to these crimes a global magnitude. According to some sources it is estimated that there are about four million internet sites containing paedophile material, and every day they continue creating new with this kind of content. This is a reality we cannot deny, the news reaching us from all parties and surely by novel and rare move us, there is no doubt; but the real dangerous place for children remains the home.
Statistics indicate that the percentage of sexual abuse over the Internet, represents a tiny percentage of the total number of cases, the majority of abusers are relatives (parents, grandparents, uncles, stepfathers, or acquaintances of the victim). However there are some studies in United Kingdom that turning alarming data: “17% of British children who use social networks do not protect your privacy”.
In a report made public, the regulator of communications in United Kingdom warned of certain data have presente:
one in four children aged between 8 and 12 years has profiles on social networks Facebook or MySpace, although the minimum age for entering such websites is aged 13.
17% Of these children had set the privacy in such a way that other users could see your personal details. Only 4 per cent had completely private profiles.
17% Of parents had no knowledge of these profiles.
That they did know, 10% not controlled what they were doing to their children in such networks.
37% Of Internet users age between 5 and 7 years had visited Facebook.
70% Of younger users believed everything or almost everything what read in websites like Wikipedia or blogs.
On the other hand though it may seem that these are new methods for abusing children, over old methods of domestic abuse, this is not the case. There is no such “old methods”, the abuser that captures their victims via the Internet, makes it the same way as who is in direct contact with the victim. Appeals to the deception, seduction, pledges, the loneliness of children. usually lie with regard to age, sex and other details.
Remember that the abuser of children is not a brutal or aggressive person, but rather a friendly person, “good manners”. We must also think that children left to the use and abuse of the web we are talking about true “neglect” of the figures of care and control.
The prevention of child sexual abuse, is a sensitive issue, because that often emphasizes that are boys and girls who say that, this isn’t cheating, because precisely the victim is captured by deceit, and progressively.
The victim not always can give account of the Web that is wrapped, in addition, once the sexual contact began, usually appear threats concerning the consequences if he or she talks to someone on what they are doing, which makes it more difficult to even the possibility of the revelation.
Prevention can not point then the child to tell “NO” because not to do so (which is a consequence of the plot of deception which is trapped), will feel responsible for not having been able to stop him, loading of blame for this situation.
(**) President of the III Congress international violence, mistreatment and abuse.
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