Kids under the legal age of 18 years are so fixated with online dating apps that the Cyber Police teams across India have specifically notified of such instances.
Ever since the time the pandemic welcomed the use of technology is daily curriculum, children have had excess access. Even without the knowledge of family members and parents, children are going ahead to create profiles with false age categories.
A Pandemic of another sorts
This ultimately leads them into the world of online sex and porn. Nude call services is one such domain that sees participation of kids either as viewers or as performers. The latter mostly end up doing so at minor age due to looming threat of blackmail.
Even Interpol has warned 194 countries of the huge threat of online dating and related services. And now the risk seems applicable even on underage kids. Some even seek counselling and huge cases have been coking in from Kerala, note worthily.
It is sad how such apps eat into the profiles on other social media once you link the two! Kids are finding it extremely hard to come out of such traps. Advice from the authorities relate to avoiding browsing sites related to online dating and porn. Interacting only with verified profiles and reporting cases that hint at embezzlement or blackmail on an immediate note is the main suggestion. It is bets to not link such sites with personal social media handles.
An end note
With the demonic murder of Shraddha Walkar by Aftab Amin Poonawalla, online dating apps are under the scanner. And so much so for good. Hopefully, things change for the better going ahead.
