more-inThe brouhaha over the Blue Whale Challenge has prompted law enforcement and psychiatric care givers to favour researches into the causes behind the online gaming addiction. Online predators wait for such vulnerable targets to be groomed and lured and subsequently bullied and harassed online with newer ways. Legal mechanismThe legal mechanism to protect children from online abuses and respond effectively against such abuses falls short of meeting the current needs, he says. The criteria that are often applied for drug addiction description also match those of online gaming addiction, according to psychiatrists. The tendency among some parents to praise their children’s tech-savviness inadvertently makes the latter vulnerable to online abuses, he says.

Source: The Hindu August 27, 2017 01:07 UTC