6 Negative Impacts Of The Internet On Child Pornography

 
 
 
In my previous article, I talked about some of the risks that are associated with surfing the web. In this article, I want to talk about some of the negative impacts of the internet on child pornography. Follow me as we are going to look at that together in this article.
 

#1 Easy access

one of the ways that the internet contributes to child pornography is that it makes it easy for children to have access to pornographic sites. At times, because parents do not monitor what their wards are doing with their phones or due to peer influence, they have been able to access pornographic sites without the consent of their parents. Some of these are done intentionally or unintentionally. I said some are unintentional because some of them find themselves on such sites and they are so engrossed with it. This makes them become a regular visitor. 
 

#2 Anonymity and Privacy

One other negative impact of the internet on child pornography is that allows anonymity and privacy. If you are using the internet in your room, you are able to do all that you want to do without much interference. It is also possible to surf the web without leaving traces of what you did on your system. This gives children the leverage to visit pornographic sites without any fear. 
 

#3 Sharing medium

One other platform that allows sharing pornography to grow is that email and social media platform allows the sharing of links that contains pornographic material. this allows those that do not know how to search for these pornographic materials to have free access to it. 
 

#4 Cost-effective 

Also, the internet provides a cost-effective medium to share pornographic material. You do not have to pay to access some of these pornographic materials on the internet. All that you need to have is data to access the internet. This makes pornographic materials spread like a wide fire. It would have been curtailed when people have to pay subscription fees before they could access the internet. 
 

#5 Accessibility 

Another negative impact of the internet on pornographic materials is accessibility. With the internet at your side, you can easily access the internet and have access to pornographic materials without any hindrance. This also allows many people to have access to pornographic materials even though they do not have an initial interest in doing such. 
 

#6 Transfer support

The internet, as well as different blogs and websites also support the transfer of pornographic materials in different formats and shapes. It also allows different blogs and website visitors to store pornographic materials so that they can access it later on their phones and other devices. 
 
 

Effect of pornography on children…

• Child victim suffers from depression, anger, withdrawal, and other psychological problems. 
• It may also lead to physical injuries due to molestation such as genital bruising or exposure to sexually transmitted diseases.
• They may also experience mental weaknesses such as:

• Guilt and feeling responsible for the bruise and betrayal 
• A sense of powerlessness and worthlessness 
• Low self-esteem

5 Major Online Risks For Internet Users

 
 
in my previous articles, I have tried to look at some of the risks associated with online games generally. In this article, I want to look at some of the major online risks for users. As a user surfing the web, you might not know that you are connected to a network of networks. Therefore, if one system is infected and you do not have antivirus, you might also be infected. That is why you have to know some of these risks so that you can guard yourself against them. Follow me as we will look at some of these risks together in this article.
 

Here are some of the risks…

#1 Misdirected searches

Please note that parents may do all they could do to protect their children online, but all that could be negated when the child is unconsciously led to visit harmful websites. Please note that search engines use meta-variables to index websites. 
 
When a user searches for websites, the search engine always displays the results using meta variables. Take, for example, a sports website that may be indexed by the meta term “soccer”, “football”, “scores” e.t.c.
 
Also, porn site promoters add popular search terms to their meta variable list so as to redirect the web traffic to their site. Porn site uses the words “sports”, “school”, “movie”, among others to lure children to their websites, unless filtering software is used, the search engines can not distinguish between the search requests of an adult and a child. 
 
 

#2 Stealth Site and Misleading URL

There is also the problem of stealth site and misleading URL. First and foremost, pornographic websites thrive on misspelt websites to increase traffic. A pornographic site uses common typo errors to lure visitors to their websites. Children may end up at a pornographic site just by typing www.whitehouse.com instead of www.whitehouse.gov
 
Also, porn site promoters buy domain names such as the .com equivalent of a .gov or a .org website, being aware that web surfers would end up at their website if there is a typographical error. 
 

#3 Child pornography 

Under federal law, child pornography is defined as any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means of sexually explicit product, where the production of the visual depiction involve the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. 
 

#4 Grooming

Grooming is an act of befriending and establishing an emotional connection with children. Child grooming is used for lessening the child’s inhibition and preparing them for child abuse. 
 
The offenders target children through attention, affection, kindness and sympathy. At times, they may offer them money or attention.  
 

#5 Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying occurs when a child, preteen, is threatened, harassed, and/or embarrassed using the internet mobile phones or other communication media. Some of the signs include: 

• Upset after using the computer
• Refuse to step out of the house or go to school
• Draw away from friends and family

How To Stay Safe When Playing Online Games

 
 
 
In my previous article, I have talked about some of the significant risks that are associated with online gaming such as cyber mugging and cyber prostitution among others. In this article, I want to talk about some of the facts that you need to know about how to stay safe when playing games online. Follow me as we are going to look at that together in this article.
 

#1 Recognise Administrator mode risks…

Some games require that you are in administrator mode before they can run on your system. Before you can take this risk, you have to make sure that you have downloaded the game from the Developer website. If not, you are only exposing yourself to risk. 
 
Please note that free download of games may contain malicious software, including plugins to run the game. This software may be used to gain administrator-level control of the computer. 
 
Instead of using the administrator account, the gamer is advised to browse the internet or play the game using a user account, which may deny the attacker access to administrator rights. 
 

#2 ActiveX and Javascript risks…

Also, some of the games played over the web require ActiveX and Javascript to be enabled. You have to know that enabling this feature can open your account to vulnerabilities. Also, this feature should only be enabled for games downloaded from the Developer website. 
 

#3 Above all…

I will advise that you play the game only at the developer site. Also, you should never make the mistake of playing the game and surfing the web at the same time. Also, once you are done with the game, you can switch to a user account in order to surf the web. This will definitely reduce the risk of visiting a malicious website when playing a game.
 

Pay attention to firewall management  

Playing certain multiplayer games may require the firewall setting to be changed to allow information from the game to get through to the gamers’ computer. 
 
Every time the permissive settings are changed on the firewall, the risk of computer security concerns will definitely increase. 
 
In the firewalls, the gamers can designate their fellow gamers’ IP addresses as trusted to avoid any interaction with the hacker. Before you take this action, you have to be sure that you are making the right decision that will not put you at risk.