There are cultural and geographical differences, both in relation to constructs of childhood and the perception of what are appropriate or acceptable practices. When it comes to content, and more specifically inappropriate content, a population of children is not homogenous. Each child is different, the difference is different ages, education, language, culture, religion, maturity, experiences, interests, etc. and also individual children change rapidly as they mature and develop. The determination of what content is appropriate for an individual child is best left as the responsibility of the parents, guardians and educators who know the child. The proliferation of new technologies, the inevitable lag in developing policies surrounding them, plus the diversity of cultures and levels of development highlights the complexity of finding solutions. On the positive side, it is equally important to develop and publicise culturally, linguistically, age relevant content to make it attractive and readily accessible. So, to overcome or address these gaps, we are of the opinion is as below. First, approaches to controlling access to undesirable content. Many countries around the world have …show more content…
Children’s and young people’s use of social networks is often baffling to parents. In addition, there are huge generational gaps in attitudes toward privacy, confidentiality and an individual’s rights over the data they own and share. The issues of safety, privacy, online predation and cyberbullying are complex, both technically and psychologically, and parents may find it a struggle to keep up. These factors point to an urgent need to encourage parents to engage with their children and to discuss their online activities, whatever their level of experience. Getting involved will allow parents, guardians, educators and other trusted influencers to keep children and young people out of harm’s