The predator will then suggest connecting on WhatsApp. They might meet a child on a computer game, a social media site, or some other location and establish a friendship. Predators often use WhatsApp to groom their victims. Predators always obscure their true identity and use these opportunities to prey upon children. Understanding the intentions of even one person is a complex task for a child, so the enormous allowance for 255 other people on the thread poses a huge risk.įurthermore, kids who join random public group chats online open themselves up to being contacted by an almost unlimited number of strangers who may misrepresent their identity. The bigger the size of the group chat, the more danger it presents to children. WhatsApp text threads can include up to 256 people. In other words, if your child is in a group chat with a few of their friends and one of them adds his uncle to the chat, the uncle can now privately contact any group member. Anyone in a group message can view all the other members’ contact information.
Group chats, for instance, present an opportunity for predatory contact. To send someone a message on WhatsApp, you need to know their phone number and add them to your device’s contact list.ĭespite this, predators, hackers, and spammers are tricky and find various ways to share messages with kids. Stranger Danger: Are There Predators on WhatsApp?
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