Abstract:
This research aims to 1) study the problem of online child sexual victimization. 2) Study the problems and barriers to preventing child sexual victimization online. 3) Suggest guidelines for the prevention of sexual victimization online. By employing qualitative method utilizing in-depth interview of 10 samples from government organizations, private organizations and multidisciplinary teams, the results show that the current problem of child sexual victimization on social media is increasing. This is caused by various reasons, including the child's easy access to social media, family problem, , the environment in which the child live in, peer influences and the experienced perpetrators are also the the factors of childrens being victimized on line. For obstacles to preventing child sexual victimization online, the study found that even though sanction laws and government policies on the prevention of online sexual victimization are consistent and updating but taking the accused into justice for punishment is difficult. Due to the fact that collecting all necessary evidence from the cyber space is hard to achieve. In addition, lack of coordination between government agencies, the public sector and the private sector make the problem even worse. Therefore, based on the results of this study, the author proposes the guidelines for preventing child sexual victimization online as following: 1) government and related agencies should act more proactively 2) using social media as a channel to educate children, 3) the relevant government officials pay more attention to the case and the victim by not giving their information to the public