Unicef study: Children are meeting online strangers in person

Norton-Staal said the ‘Our Lives Online’ study conducted in Malaysia, involving 127 children also revealed that two in five children reported having bad experiences online they would not want to tell anyone. — 123rf

KUALA LUMPUR: More than half of the participants, aged under 18 in a UN Children's Fund (Unicef) study, said they had met strangers in real life they initially met online.

Unicef Malaysia Head of Child Protection Sarah Norton-Staal said the ‘Our Lives Online’ study conducted in Malaysia, involving 127 children also revealed that two in five children reported having bad experiences online they would not want to tell anyone.