With the existence of the Internet, business and technical processes are able to grow rapidly especially with faster communication. This evolution has not only make everyday living more efficient, a lot of information we require is all available at our fingertips. However, an issue that concerns our society has cropped up as there have been certain parties who misuse the Internet especially those who target children such as pornographers and pedophiles.

"Internet is a place where children can be contacted easily, which grants offenders little chance of being caught by law enforcement agencies" says Chitraporn Vanaspong, former Asia- Pacific regional officer from End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT)

According to her, children can be abused through the Internet in two main ways. Firstly, they can be exposed to illegal or other harmful materials, which they are ill-prepared to deal with. For example, these include child pornography, hardcore adult pornography, information about drugs, bomb-making or financial scams, she says. Secondly, children can come into direct contact or possibly fall prey to sexual exploiters.

Parents and school play an important role in educating and transferring knowledge to young children in a precise way. However, one must not forget that even older children in their teens are susceptible to be abused online if their web-surfing habits are not closely monitored.