Diverse evidence of social and moral risk in minors in an information and communication environment

Abstract

Abstract:
The progress of technology in the media of information and communication entails a social evolution that is particularly projected, in the last generations, born in the digital era, which implies a qualitative leap in the sphere of social globalization, allowing easy accessibility of people, and of young people in particular to different social areas, until recently, unthinkable, while a high knowledge of privacy data of people browsing the networks, are not always treated with the prudence due. This circumstance, together with the spiral of degradation of respect for values and principles, frequently provokes episodes of perverse use of ICT, especially applying them in certain areas in which youth and childhood are the main protagonists and more vulnerable, with the intention to harm, intimidate, threaten, victimize children over time, can lead to results, sometimes tragic. The vulnerability of children to the challenge of new technologies, not always controlled through proper use by the minors, makes urgent a more exhaustive and precise regulation in the EU, and greater harmonization of criteria in the scope of the internal regulations of each State.