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One of the most worrying aspects of modern life is the apparent increase in the number of paedophilia cases reported. We seem to hear of them almost every day.
Paedophilia has undoubtedly spread in proportion to the increased accessibility of the internet, and I for one am very careful about what I put into a search engine in case I access something nasty by mistake.
Most of us can think of youngsters we know and the expert but innocent way they use their laptops, mobile phones and digital cameras. Indeed, research from Ofcom published last autumn showed that 80% of five to seven-year-olds use the internet and that among nine to 11-year olds, 94% do so.
So a new children’s safety campaign run by the UK Council for Child Internet Safety is to be applauded. The campaign uses cartoons to show children as young as five that people they might meet on the internet are not always what they seem.
The internet is a great thing, but it is both sad and inevitable that it will be used by predators for the sort of things that disgust and which few of us can understand or tolerate.
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One of the most worrying aspects of modern life is the apparent increase in the number of paedophilia cases reported. We seem to hear of them almost every day.
Paedophilia has undoubtedly spread in proportion to the increased accessibility of the internet, and I for one am very careful about what I put into a search engine in case I access something nasty by mistake.
Most of us can think of youngsters we know and the expert but innocent way they use their laptops, mobile phones and digital cameras. Indeed, research from Ofcom published last autumn showed that 80% of five to seven-year-olds use the internet and that among nine to 11-year olds, 94% do so.
So a new children’s safety campaign run by the UK Council for Child Internet Safety is to be applauded. The campaign uses cartoons to show children as young as five that people they might meet on the internet are not always what they seem.
The internet is a great thing, but it is both sad and inevitable that it will be used by predators for the sort of things that disgust and which few of us can understand or tolerate.
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