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Child Online Grooming in Malaysia: Prevalence and Current Legal Standpoint

Authors
Norhayati Mohamad Hussain1, *, Nurzali Ismail2
1Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
2Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: norhayatimh@uum.edu.my
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Norhayati Mohamad Hussain
Available Online 31 August 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_23How to use a DOI?
Keywords
child online grooming; social networking sites; children; child sexual abuse
Abstract

Child online grooming is an act that includes online behaviours of adults that aims to attain some type of sexual contact with a child. Along with the exponential range of research focusing on the information and communication technology (ICT), research involving child online grooming has grown considerably in the past decade. However, in Malaysia especially when the Internet boom started later than developed country like the USA, the Internet remains a fairly new and mostly unregulated entity, which in turn can place children at risk of experiencing some of its potential threats, including unwanted online exposure to sexually explicit pictures or videos, as well as unwanted online solicitation (i.e., requests by a peer or adult to engage in unwanted sexual activities or sexual talk online) which can result to online grooming. This paper look at the prevalence of online grooming in Malaysia and the current legal standpoint against it. Based on newspaper reporting and studies centred around the involvement of Malaysian children in online sexual abuse, it can be concluded that online grooming is a growing and prevalent situation in Malaysia. The Sexual Offences Against Children Act and Sexual Crime Court Against Children which directly target individuals who approach children either online or offline with the intent of sexually grooming and abusing them have been launched in 2017. Parents need to be made aware of the dangers that their children are exposed to online.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Media 2022 (i-COME 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 August 2023
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10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_23
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_23How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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