Pedophiles vs. Social media

Use of social media can certainly provide many opportunities for staying informed, developing a career, maintaining connections with friends from different parts of the world, etc. On the other hand, we should pay more attention to the disadvantages of social media, which, along with its benefits, carries a huge amount of risk.

I would like to analyze the negative effects of Internet use on children. My main focus is the misuse of the Internet by pedophiles and their attempts to engage with children in inappropriate sexual discussion and to locate children to abuse.

Why? Children are especially vulnerable to becoming victims of such predators. The solution is not to keep children away from the Internet but to protect them somehow from the dangers on the Internet. The Internet is a world that can serve positive educational, informative and entertainment purposes, so it would be quite impossible to prohibit children from accessing the Internet. Nowadays, the use of the Internet by children is necessary, at least for school needs.

It is impossible to completely eliminate this abuse of the Internet by those who would harm children, but there are many ways we can increase protection for children.

Internet Predators & Pedophiles Chat in Hebrew Too. Digital image. Once More With HEART. 5 Feb. 2010. Web. 12 May 2014.