Pediatr. praxi. 2020;21(2):85-89 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2020.016

Dangerous Challenges on the Internet

doc. Mgr. Kamil Kopecký, Ph.D.1, Mgr. Pavla Střílková1, PhDr. René Szotkowski, Ph.D.1, José-Marĺa Romero-Rodríguez2
1 Pedagogická fakulta, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
2 Univerzita Granada, Španělsko

Online challenges are a phenomenon that existed before the advent of the Internet and has developed massively, mainly through Internet-based services that allow the sharing of large amounts of information (mainly audiovisual content) among other users. Online challenges can be positively targeted, for example, to different types of campaigns to support information, research and development of treatment methods for a specific diagnosis (typically the Ice Bucket Challenge). However, a large number of challenges can cause serious physical or psychological harm to people (often children) involved. Examples include the Choking Challenge, the Salt and Ice Challenge, the Eyeballing Challenge, and so on.

Keywords: online safety, danger challenges, eyeballing, duck tape challenge, salt and ice challenge, choking challenge.

Published: June 2, 2020  Show citation

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Kopecký K, Střílková P, Szotkowski R, Romero-Rodríguez J. Dangerous Challenges on the Internet. Pediatr. praxi. 2020;21(2):85-89. doi: 10.36290/ped.2020.016.
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