Mangaluru: The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has noticed the increase in cases where children aged between 12-16, including girls, have easy access to pornographic sites or clips.
Information about online safety is everywhere, but parents tend to underestimate how big pornography teenagers or tween have seen, said CWC Chairman Renni D’Souza.
Rennni told Tii, “There is no doubt that watching pornographic films is increasing among 12-16 years old.
With online education, there are several examples where children are constantly by telephone, exposing them with risks such as cyberbullying, sexting, watch, and share inappropriate content, and contact with foreigners.
From April to July this year, we have received four cases related to pornography in this age group and they have told us that at least 15 other children, and We investigate.
We also observe that easy access to pornography, coupled with a curiosity factor, leads to children who achieve sexual maturity early.
“Renni said there was also an instance where content was distributed among groups of friends and children eager to experiment.
“We have discussed this issue with Deputy Commissioner KV Rajendra on how to spread awareness among parents.
After this, the District Children’s Protection Unit has been asked to hold a meeting with experts.
The clock’s need is to overcome parents on online tools that allow them to Control children’s access to adult material and protect them from the Internet Predator., “he said.
Easily reach through dark netacording for Cybersecurity experts Ananth Prabhu G, there are some examples of teen squeezers on the social media platform.
“Despite the prohibition, access to pornography is easy via the dark web,” he told toi.