Queensland Police are warning parents and guardians to increase online supervision during the upcoming school holidays which is a primetime for predators to target children through their devices.

While online sexual offending can come in many forms, perpetrators are increasingly gaining access to children online through popular apps, games and social media sites.

Detective Acting Inspector Cory Schmidt, from QPS’s specialist unit Argos, said that there was no better time than school holidays to talk to children about online risks including being exposed to harmful content or being targeted by an online predator.

“These school holidays parents and guardians need to realise that they may think they are keeping their children safe by locking up the front door, but the danger could already

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