From Gothic Chat: Internet Chatroom – modern playground for our children
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uc. A Stäfa, private school Tagesschule am See has organized an information evening for parents, teachers and other interested persons. Nägeli Rolf, director of Fachstelle Kinderschutz (Office for the Protection of Children) of the municipal police of Zurich explained the dangers and opportunities for prevention in relation to Internet chatrooms (virtual discussion forums) and mobile phones. Through its commitment and long experience, he managed to present themselves illustrate the dangers that children face today. Referring to examples of everyday policing, he has give us all the information necessary to present any preventive measure.
The best prevention, according to Nägeli is given if the relationship between adults, children and adolescents is marked by trust.
More security in the Chatroom
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In the new campaign: “Schau genau” (look good!) Of the city of Zurich, it is more security in the Chatroom. Most children start in 5th or 6th grade to chat on the Internet. 92% of all adolescents aged 12 to 17 use the Internet every day. 63% of all girls who spend their time at the Chatroom bring pictures and personal data over the Internet. They go for the most part not the fact that their data are accessible to everyone in the world. This opens the door to misuse of such data and it may be that these girls become victims of blackmail.
Often they do not know that pedophiles are criminals use the Internet. 80% of children who chat have been sexually accosted on the Web. This will advance to the verbal abuse. They attract their victims during a chat on sexual practices, interviewing girls and boys about their sexual preferences and send pornographic material to transmit images of sexual acts. Children and adolescents are very familiar with modern means of communication. But they found these criminals on the Web without being prepared and are, therefore, unable to identify their strategies. They feel worried, do not know how to react or seek fault in themselves because they were on the Internet and they are ashamed to talk about it. When adolescents are involved in excessive sexual perversions on the Internet, they include false representations about sexuality and fail in their romantic relationships misunderstood. In the World Wide Web, there are over 420 million pornographic pages.
The law says?
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The law prohibits sexual activities with children, as well as saving and publishing pornographic photographs of children. Adolescents are also liable to a penalty if they send pornography defended. Dissemination of pornographic images via mobile phones is also prohibited.
How to protect our children and teenagers?
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The relationship of trust is the basis for greater security. This implies that parents and educators interested in what children are involved. Thus, for instance to agree on rules of behavior. It is important to know that the filtering systems to protect youth from harmful content in chatrooms does not work in principle. Similarly, the “cats” can be monitored. Children should not have access to the Internet without control, ie: No Internet connection in the room of children. The wireless connection (wireless) is convenient but dangerous, because everyone in a specific circle will have access to the computer.