Addressing Child Safety - Root Causes
Below are the key root causes for issues related to child safety online. Kindly review them and help identify super specific solutions that should be implemented to significantly improve child safety online.
We will be compiling them and taking this up with various stakeholders in the country to drive action on this.
Indian Police Foundation
Child Safety Online - Root Causes
1. The access to internet has become very easy for children
2. Parents buy their kids latest gadgets like tablets, iPads, mobiles etc. without realizing that they could be misused against their child
3. Many parents as well as teachers themselves are not aware the extent of violations that are happening on the internet
4. Children are unaware of the do’s and don’ts on the internet
5. Working parents are not able to spend too much time with their children and there is no one to look over them most of the time
6. Many cyber criminals specifically target children, knowing that they are exposed
7. Cyber cafes do not care about the information safety of the user
8. Children are, a lot of times, overwhelmed by the information on the internet and are unable to decide what is right and wrong
9. Children have learned to emotionally blackmail their parent to get what they want
10. Lack of responsibility of School / Teacher in guiding children on proper use of Devices
11. Lack of any community awareness programmes on cyber crime
12. Parents mostly do not know how to block unwanted sites on the device operated by their child
13. Children, Parents, Teachers do not have any formal training on risks, dos and donts
14. There is no owner in the country for the cause of cybersafety at central or state level.
Child Safety Online - Issues
1. Children get easy access to violent games online
2. They share too much personal information with strangers online
3. Teenagers get attracted towards pornography due to easy access on different devices connected to internet
4. They fill a lot of personal information in forms on unsafe websites
5. Unsafe internet access leads to many cyber financial frauds
6. Children get exposed in cyber cafes as their systems have weak safety and firewall settings
7. There are many online rackets running which specifically target children
8. Cyber bullying is a major issue that children face
9. Games and sites misguide children and take authorizations to charge on credit cards
10. Children use their parent's credit/debit cards online without their permission
11. Cyber stalking is fast becoming common
12. Many personal and inappropriate videos of children are being found on the internet on adult sites
13. Many cases of children going into depression due to ‘cyber shaming’ have also been reported. more
We will be compiling them and taking this up with various stakeholders in the country to drive action on this.
Indian Police Foundation
Child Safety Online - Root Causes
1. The access to internet has become very easy for children
2. Parents buy their kids latest gadgets like tablets, iPads, mobiles etc. without realizing that they could be misused against their child
3. Many parents as well as teachers themselves are not aware the extent of violations that are happening on the internet
4. Children are unaware of the do’s and don’ts on the internet
5. Working parents are not able to spend too much time with their children and there is no one to look over them most of the time
6. Many cyber criminals specifically target children, knowing that they are exposed
7. Cyber cafes do not care about the information safety of the user
8. Children are, a lot of times, overwhelmed by the information on the internet and are unable to decide what is right and wrong
9. Children have learned to emotionally blackmail their parent to get what they want
10. Lack of responsibility of School / Teacher in guiding children on proper use of Devices
11. Lack of any community awareness programmes on cyber crime
12. Parents mostly do not know how to block unwanted sites on the device operated by their child
13. Children, Parents, Teachers do not have any formal training on risks, dos and donts
14. There is no owner in the country for the cause of cybersafety at central or state level.
Child Safety Online - Issues
1. Children get easy access to violent games online
2. They share too much personal information with strangers online
3. Teenagers get attracted towards pornography due to easy access on different devices connected to internet
4. They fill a lot of personal information in forms on unsafe websites
5. Unsafe internet access leads to many cyber financial frauds
6. Children get exposed in cyber cafes as their systems have weak safety and firewall settings
7. There are many online rackets running which specifically target children
8. Cyber bullying is a major issue that children face
9. Games and sites misguide children and take authorizations to charge on credit cards
10. Children use their parent's credit/debit cards online without their permission
11. Cyber stalking is fast becoming common
12. Many personal and inappropriate videos of children are being found on the internet on adult sites
13. Many cases of children going into depression due to ‘cyber shaming’ have also been reported. more
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I am a senior citizen residing in house no. 5, Rajeevnagar Colony, Karaundi, Varanasi 221005. A neighbor has started parking his opposite my gate such that it has become difficult to drive my car out of my garage on to the street. Despite several requests he is adamant. I do not know what to do. Can someone help? Thanking you, Faithfully yours J S Singh more
Oct 26
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "J S Singh" Date: May 8, 2016 7:21 AM Subject: Surakshit & Safe Varanasi To: Cc: We reside in Rajeev Nagar Karaundi in building 5 (N4/11A-2-B-T). Opposite our house there is a three storey building ( people say it is illegal) with 12Apartments (owners name is Aniket). This building has a basement. The owner has rented this basement to some caterers and dera tambu wale. A back door has been opened just opposite our house. Truckload of labourers come for loading and unloading, park the truck at the back door of basement at all odd times, and some times spend the night sleeping on the truck just opposite our house. We are senior citizens and feel the danger, because we do not know whether the labourers are police verified. I had heard that commercial activity is not allowed in residential area but who is there to check? We objected several times but without any effect. JSSingh more
May 08
Awareness program firstly for the parents & secondly for the children to be arranged which would include topics of general safety of children. more
Apr 21
Computer has been included in the school syllabus starting from class-IV. Let the internet also be included in the syllabus as a subject and the dos' & don'ts are exclusively explained in the class rooms with rationale, as the children are more tend to accept and follow the lessons they get from their teachers rather than their parents. All Cyber Cafes should be brought under purview of a stipulated code of conduct with provisions for stricter action against the violators and their activities must be kept under close surveillance. If at all access to internet by children in unavoidable, the parents should fix up a limited specific time for their children to use internet while they are present in the houses. By uttering the word child if we mean a child not beyond the age of 5 or 6 years then it is ok, otherwise todays' children of 7 years and above do posses adequate knowledge of operating an electronic device and are able to reopen the blocked sites comfortably. Hence, it does not matter whether their parents know to block any sites or not. Habit of books reading and attraction towards sports should be inculcated in every child from the beginning. more
Apr 21
