40 % of minors have experienced sexual harassment in social media, according to a recent survey.
Snapchat has the most sexual harassment, surviving a survey for children and adolescents. Mostphotos
More than 90 % of the sexual harassment experienced by children occurs on the Snapchat Image Message Service, according to a survey of the Somessa service service for you.
The survey was answered by nearly a thousand children and young people aged 9-21 in the end of 2024. Most of the respondents were minors.
40 % of respondents under the age of 18 had experienced sexual harassment in social media.
Every seventh minor had been offered consideration, such as intoxicants or money, for sexual act.
Adults as harassers
29 % of minors have been subjected to adult sexual harassment. About every third minor girls have sexually disturbed an adult.
The most common form of sexual harassment based on the survey is the nude pictures that children and adolescents have had to receive without consent.
According to the survey, 80 % of the distractors have been men or boys.
– The youngest of those who responded to the survey and the harassment were ten years old. It is especially stopping that one in four elementary school -age girls has been subjected to sexual offenses when an adult has been harassed by social media platforms, for example by sending a picture of his own penis. Parents need to know what is happening in somme and the required soma platforms to make the services safer, says in the bullet Anni Pätilä.
For you, there is a digital youth service service implemented by two youth work organizations (Lukehearts ry), a digital youth work service that works against digital violence, sexual harassment and bullying.
Instructions for adult Snapchat supervision
At least these Snapchat’s privacy settings:
1. Location distribution. Have a discussion with the child about the risks associated with sharing one’s location. Make sure the child has a ghost space on, so Snapchat does not actively share the child’s location. Alternatively, the location is only divided into limited reliable persons.
2. Proposals appearing. Remove the child’s Snapchat profile in friend suggestions. This can prevent unknown and so -called. Various users (users focusing on nude images) can easily add young people to be a friend.
3. Public profile. Snapchat users over the age of 15 have a public profile. For example, add to the muted words of public stories answers, for example, bullying and sexualizing words so that they are filtered directly from the story answers or remove the opportunity to respond to the public story completely.
4. Learn together to take a screenshot and prevent users. Together, go through that all distressing and unpleasant contacts should take a screenshot, prevent the user, and show a screenshot for a safe adult.
Instructions for using somen in general
1. Agree to common rules for using your phone and soma. Together, go through that you should not be bullied or disturbed by others. Try to discuss the issue together and hear the child’s perspectives. It is easier to hold on to the rules if the child feels that they have been involved in the agreement.
2. Remind the child that he or she has the right to be safe in the somme and that you want to guarantee her safety there as well. Do not underestimate bullying and sexual harassment in somme.
3. Remember your own example. What kind of model do you give your child with your own action?
4. Be interested in your child’s somearje. Ask, listen and show interest. Create a child that you can also tell you about somebody.
Source: For you in somme