Worrying report of the World Health Organization on the increase of online abuse of children

A regional director of the World Health Organization announced that about 16 percent of children aged 11 to 15 will experience online bullying in 2022.

Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization, described the report as a “wake-up call” on internet harassment and violence.

According to this report, which was conducted in 44 countries including Europe, Central Asia and Canada, about 16% of boys and girls reported that they had experienced harassment on the Internet at least once in the past months.

The report shows that this has increased by three percent compared to four years ago, and now one in six children has been a victim of online abuse.

Among the countries with the highest level of internet abuse for children are Bulgaria, Lithuania, Moldova and Poland, and the lowest level of abuse is recorded in Spain.Mr.

Kluge also pointed out that children now spend up to six hours a day online, which can have a detrimental effect on their health.

Reports show that social networks, despite the steps they take to create more effective regulations for minors, have not yet stopped controlling child abuse online.

In the research conducted in America, it has been shown that Instagram is known as the most used platform for promoting and selling content that shows sexual abuse of children.