Social media and social work with children and young people and looked after children

... One of the main reasons for using the internet is communication through messages and the use of social media. As a tool that facilitates innovation in learning and training [9], presently, the internet is not only used by adults or teenagers, but it has also become a common tool of association for children [10], hence calling for parental attention regarding digital social innovation [11]. It is also stated that the most significant internet users in Indonesia are in the age group of 15-19 years, which is 91% of the users [12], making teenagers the largest group of internet users. ...

... This paper is based on assumption that many parents are not aware that their children are in danger when using the internet or social media [26]. It is public knowledge that parents mostly supervise their children more often offline [27], whereas, in the present era, online child supervision is also needed [28], because of the vast and free network of children on social media [10]. A digital literacy workshop training for parenting is a necessity for parents, because, if parents do not know about their children's social media activities, they may not prevent the occurrence of digital crime perpetrated by cyber offenders against their children. ...