The Ministry of Justice warns of the dangers that social networks without supervision present to children and adolescents. The Federal District Civil Police (PCDF) launched an inquiry, on Sunday (13), to investigate the death of 8 -year -old Sarah Raissa Pereira, who participated in the “Deodorant Challenge”, which began to circulate on social networks.
In an interview with CNN, Ministry of Justice’s Secretary of Digital Rights, Lilian Melo, said that those responsible should closely monitor the content consumed by their children.
“The main tip is that, especially on this issue of access to digital devices, that there is an awareness and that parents, those responsible, ask yourself ‘this is a space where I feel safe to leave my child alone?’. And thus try to understand these spaces increasingly, try to be a little together to see who is there talking to his son, his daughter. Use of the device, ”said the secretary.
Lilian also points out that the law itself that prohibits the use of cell phones in schools is a discussion that arises from a “general diagnosis, a perception of educators and families”.
“It is also a matter of development, a technical expertise. I am talking to psychologists and pediatricians. Today there is already a consensus on the impact on the mental health of children of an anxiety, other mental disorders that are very related to this access, to this hyper Digitization, this hyperconnection of these younger generations, ”said the secretary.
Children victims of network challenges
According to data from the Dimicuida Institute, between 2014 and 2025, at least 56 children, aged 7 to 18, died at shared challenges on social networks. The institution is based on reports in the press or reports of family members seeking civil society organizations that investigate this theme.
This content was originally published in secretary of the Ministry of Justice warns of the use of children’s networks on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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