Most notably, addiction and exposure to cyberbullying

Umm Al Quwain Police monitors 4 dangers of electronic games to children

Addiction to electronic games affects the psyche of children.

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 The Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation in Umm Al Quwain Police has identified four dangers of electronic games to the safety of children, as part of the security awareness series implemented by the Investigation Department to protect children from the dangers of electronic games.

She explained that one of the most prominent electronic risks is the addiction of children to electronic games, as a result of sitting in front of video games, which leads to the generation of a kind of social isolation, until it leads them to neglect activities, duties and others, which leads to health and psychological problems for them.

She added that the second type of risk is exposure to cyberbullying and extortion, where some players exploit their hidden identity to annoy others, and deliberately kill their fun playing, and this inconvenience escalates to electronic bullying by sending offensive and harmful messages or writing derogatory comments that affect the mental health of children.

The Department of Investigation indicated that the third danger is privacy, as the child may fall into the trap of giving his personal information to unknown people who only know that they share the same game, and he may disclose to them some of his important information or data, and that one of the biggest privacy concerns in electronic games is the penetration of loopholes Webcam for filming and exploiting children.

And she added that the fourth danger lies in downloading auxiliary programs for games without checking their sources, as it is important to make sure that the devices are checked by protection programs, and not to download games from unknown sites.

And she added that four steps must be applied to prevent the dangers of electronic games, the use of parental control and the prevention of turning playing electronic games from a hobby to an unhealthy addiction.

She added that children and devices must be protected by ensuring the use of high-quality protection programs, educating children on the importance of preserving their information and personal data, not disclosing it, not engaging with unknown players, and asking children's parents to read the game conditions in the presence of their children.

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