Multicriteria Decision Making using Analytic Hierarchy Process for Child Protection from Malicious Content on the Internet

Modern children are active Internet users. However, in the context of information abundance, they have little knowledge of which information is useful and which is harmful. To make the Internet a safe place for children, various methods are used at the international and national levels, as well as by experts, and the ways to protect children from harmful information are sought. The article proposes an approach using a multi-criteria decision-making process to prevent children from encountering harmful content on the Internet and to make the Internet more secure environment for children. The article highlights the age characteristics of children as criteria. Harmless information, Training information, Entertainment information, News, and Harmful information are considered as alternatives. Here, a decision is made by comparing the alternatives according to the given criteria. According to the trials, harmful information is rated in the last position. There is no child protection issue on the Internet using the AHP method. This research is important to protect children from harmful information in the virtual space. In the protection of minors Internet users is a reliable approach for educational institutions, parents and other subjects related to child safety.