CYBERSECURITY: THE LURKING DANGER FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

Children and adolescents are specially protected by law, which is why as a society their safety and welfare are one of the main objectives, however, new generations have direct and easy access through new technologies to spaces such as WEB 3.0 or the Metaverse, new spaces for many, unexplored and targets for cybercrime. There are testimonies of adults about their actions in the WEB 3.0 or the Metaverse, who even being aware of the rules and dangers to which they are exposed, have fallen into the traps and deceptions of unscrupulous people becoming victims of various cybercrimes. That is why it is necessary to analyze the security and danger to which children and adolescents are exposed, who navigate through the WEB 3.0 or Metaverse most of the time.