In a digital society with access to vast virtual spaces and communities it is getting ever harder to know where children are, where they are going and who they are talking to.
The EU Kids Online survey of 25,142 children across 25 European countries found that one-third of nine and 10-year-olds and 80 per cent of 15 and 16-year-olds go online daily.
The most common location of this internet use is the home (87 per cent), followed by school (63 per cent) and internet access is diversifying; 33 per cent now use it through a handheld device.
The great majority of online activity is constructive in terms of building skills which will underpin general learning in a digital age, how to research and use resources, interact and create networks. In principle, young people also learn how to be responsible users of digital worlds.
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