Learn How to Protect Children from Cyber Sexual Exploitation

Cyber sexual exploitation is on the increase across the globe; children are increasingly being sexually exploited through the use of the internet. The exploitation of children takes place across borders because the internet has no boundaries. For instance, a child in Africa can be sexual exploited by a pedophilia in the UK or Australia.

Cyber sexual exploitation may easily go unnoticed and yet the child would suffer psychological distress in silence without the knowledge of those who could assist. This is why it is important for the social workers and other law enforcement officers to be able to detect such problems and deal with them head on.

Sometimes it is not about the enactment of a new law but the new thinking and changing the mindset. There is no need to use too many words but to apply new strategies to deal with emerging problems. Children are better placed to identify ways of how they could be protected from cyber sexual exploitation.

There is need for education campaigns among children and members of society on cyber safety against sexual exploitation of children. Children believe that there should be global web page on the internet on safety measures against cyber sexual exploitation. Governments should also provide safety measures for children and their families in dealing with this problem effectively. Law enforcement agencies should publish details of perpetrators online and offline for children to know the perpetrators. The media should publish publications on the cyber sexual exploitation measures that can be undertaken by children to protect themselves from cyber sexual exploitation. There is need for a united front from all spheres on this matter.

Children need to be protected from sex tourism. Children are abused by tourists in hotels and the problem starts on the internet through which perpetrators stalk children and book hotels online without anybody knowing. Role players and law enforcement agencies need to be on the alert for such acts of abuse and exploitation of children.

Tomorrow may be too late! Action is needed now…