Irish children are among safest for online behaviour [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 21 October 2010
IRISH children are among the safest in Europe in their internet behaviour but almost one-in-10 has seen sexual images online.
An EU study of children aged nine to 16 found that just 7% of young Irish people have given out their address or phone number on profiles in social networking sites, such as Bebo or Facebook, half the number who have done so across the EU. Almost 60% of children in Ireland and throughout Europe use such sites, according to the research published today.However, using the internet for school work was most common among all EU children (84% of respondents use it for school), followed by watching video clips (83%), playing games (74%) and communicating through instant messaging or email (61%).
The most common location for accessing the internet is at home, followed by school, but only 35% of Irish children use it in their bedrooms, compared with almost half of all EU pupils. One-in-five children in Ireland access the internet from a handheld device and nearly one-third do so from a mobile phone.
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