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Cyber-bullying and online grooming: helping to protect against the risks

Children & ITC: • Have fun in using technology/gadgets • Use technology intuitively • Develop an understanding for usage of technical features

very easily • Become very familiar with innovations • Use ICT as a learning tool • Use technology in communicating with their friends

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Cyber-bullying and online grooming: helping to protect against the risks

What is Bullying and Grooming?

One definition views bullying in terms of its negative impact on the victim, and sees it as the negative and damaging treatment of another in such a manner that is causes the target to suffer and feel humiliated or vulnerable, and which has a detrimental and stressful effect on him/her.

Grooming is done to choose a victim, to see if the person may cooperate with sexual abuse because of the imbalance of power and coercion.

Read in the report about the recommendations for parents, educators and teenagers!

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https://www.enisa.europa.eu/act/rm/emerging-and-future-risk/deliverables/Cyber-Bullying%20and%20Online%20Grooming/

 

Summarize:

Children are the most valuable part of every society, regardless of culture, religion and national origin. Given the rapidly increasing digitalization of their lives, it seemed important to assess risks related to internet usage and, in particular, the risk of become a victim of online grooming and cyber bullying activities.

We believe that the findings of this assessment will help in triggering further activities at various levels of society, while contributing to the necessary awareness of the online protection of minors.