Family & Social Vulnerability

Having a family and social vulnerability is an indicator of cyber scams. Experiencing cyber scams is then a predictor for further online harms such as: Being a victim of cyber aggression or having exposure to harmful content

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Family & Social Vulnerability

Family & Social Vulnerability

Young people’s (YP) offline vulnerabilities can be used as a predictor for their online vulnerabilities. YP in this group are vulnerable to all high-risk online scenarios – such as contact, content, conduct and cyber scams.

Conduct Risks

Content Risks

Involve visiting or being exposed to websites that:

Urge young people to be very thin
Talk about self-harming or suicide
Promote hatred or racist views
Give dangerous advice
Sell illegal goods
Show nude pictures or videos that weren’t searched for
Show very violent pictures or videos that young people didn’t want to see

Contact Risks

Have high risk online relationships involving sexting with reasons for doing so including:

Being pressured / blackmailed to do it
Being tricked into it
Being in a relationship and pressured to or wanted to share a picture
Sharing due to threats
Trying it for fun

Victims of Cyber Scams

Victims of Cyber Scams have experienced abuse of their personal data and tend to agree with statements such as:

My social media account has been hacked
My personal details have been stolen or hacked
I’ve had credit card details stolen and used
I’ve been tricked into paying money for something I did not want to buy
I’ve been tricked into buying fake goods

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