Child protection on internet must be given in every minute, every hour

According to the Department of Criminal Police, Ministry of Public Security, in the first quarter of 2021, as many as 497 cases of child abuse which harmed 512 children were detected in Việt Nam. Among those cases, sexual abuse accounted for 80.88 per cent, increasing by 4.4 per cent over the same period last year.

During the pandemic, we need to ensure COVID-19 prevention and control measures and at the same time, strengthen child protection.

The Department of Child Affairs has requested localities to strictly implement Resolution No 121/2020/QH14 dated June 19, 2020 of the National Assembly on continuing to strengthen implementation of the child abuse prevention policy.

The department has stepped up dissemination of knowledge on child protection and care during the pandemic, as well as provided guidance on skills to detect and report child abuse quickly. Particular attention will be paid to centralised quarantine sites which have a large number of children and at educational institutions and localities where children have to be isolated at home.

At the same time, the department has directed provinces and cities across the country to offer support for children at risk of abuse, children being abused, and promptly and strictly handle cases of child abuse.

The protection of children in the living environment or on the internet needs to be done all the time, every minute, every hour.

The Department of Child Affairs has asked for inspecting and imposing punishments on toxic content on social media which negatively affects the healthy development of children.

At the same time, the department has removed content that is not suitable for children on the internet platforms. Recently, Youtube channels with content that adversely affects children such as channels of Tho Nguyen, Timmy TV have been fined.