Parents told to keep tabs on net use
Following a wave of threats and website sexual abuse cases, parents have been advised to keep an eye on their children’s online activity.
346 instances of online sexual victimization involving kids were reported last month, according to Pol Maj Gen Siriwat Deephor, assistant director for the Royal Thai Police (RTP).
Predominately girls aged 8 to 14 followed by female teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 and younger kids between 8 and 14; victims were predominately girls between 8 and 14.
Offenders usually pull survivors by offering income, in-game items or false job opportunities, such as model jobs, Pol Maj Gen Siriwat said.
He urged parents to monitor their online activity and set use limits, as well as to warn their children about probable threats, and he urged parents to use tools to screen inappropriate content.
He claimed that the main online threats to children include being conned into sharing explicit content in order to use it for coercion, cyberbullying through hazardous articles or messages, online advertising scams, and exposure to violent or sexual content, as well as betting.
According to Pol Col Runglert Khanthachan, the Anti-Internet Child Sexual Abuse division’s director, wealth and match products are most often used to entice kids to engage in obvious behavior.
According to him, law enforcement officers are working with Organizations and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security to inform children about these problems.
He also made reference to a recent incident in Chiang Mai where authorities detained a Myanmar employee who had sexually abused two lads after tricking their kids with job promises. The culprit recorded the abuse, gave the film to members of covert organizations, and threatened to silence the victims.
According to The Mirror Foundation, 314 babies went missing last month, which is the highest number in six years and a 6 % increase over 2023.
Of these, 72 % intentionally left home, with the youngest fugitives being seven years old.
To fight child abduction and smuggling, the Police General Hospital’s Institute of Forensic Medicine launched the DNA-PROKIDS program, creating a databases to match DNA from missing kids with their families. Parents of long-missing babies have been invited to offer DNA tests, raising expectations for meetings.