A survey by the Headquarters for the Protection of Children from Cybercrime revealed dangerous social networks

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On Wednesday, the National Headquarters for the Protection of Children from Online Crime released data showing that more than 8,000 minors contacted the 105 hotline in 2022 with complaints of online assaults and sexual harassment . Along with this, the Headquarters published an “anti-rating” social networks.

According to published information, in 2022, 8133 complaints were received from minors reporting cases of online bullying, aggression and sexual harassment online. on the Internet for at least four hours a day, and only 46% of them feel safe there. 43% of respondents said they had been harassed online in the last year, and about 32% were afraid to tell adults about it.

Of the more than 105 calls to the hotline last year, 31% were complaints of harassment, 15% – threats to life and suicide, and 14% – cyber bullying. Basically, teenagers aged 12-14 are at risk, of which 67% are girls and 33% are boys. 25% and TikTok 9%.

At the same time, 96% of the parents who took part in the survey believe that they control the activities of their children on the Internet, and 80% believe that they can independently reduce the dangers they face their children are online. And only 22% of parents are afraid that their children are at risk online.

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