A Canadian researcher says many parents may not be aware of their children\u0027s increased exposure to online harassment during the pandemic, and its damaging…
Kaitlynn Mendes, an associate professor at the University of Western Ontario, said during an Ontario Medical Association press conference that many parents may not be aware of their children’s increased exposure to online harassment during the pandemic, which is now having damaging consequences.
“This was likely due to things like the lack of eye contact, facial expression, human touch, and even voice intonations. These are really important cues that are missing from online interaction and this makes empathizing hard, but it means that harassment and abuse actually become much easier,” she added.Article content
In that study, 96 per cent of British youth between the ages of 13 to 18, teachers and parents said they used more social media during the pandemic. She told reporters she expects similar findings in the Canadian study she is conducting. “We were also looking at harms based on sexuality. So we had lots of young people report how they were outed during COVID,” she said.
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