With easy access to movies, music and other softwares online and connectivity of people just a click away, increasing number of children are falling prey to cyber bullying.
According to a recently released survey of online security technology firm McAfee, 62% of children shared personal information online and 39% of parents were unaware of what their children do online. The survey says 58% of the children polled shared their home address on the internet while 12% have been victims of some kind of cyber threat.
Mumbai had the highest cyber bullying levels, with one-third of the children reporting that they were subject to either cyber hacking, fraud or identity theft. The survey was conducted on 500 children of age group 9 to 17 across 10 cities of the country.
Next gen kids:
42% in the 13-17 age group spend 1-2 hours online in a day.
60% in the 9-12 age group have e-mail accounts.
64% in the 9-12 age group are members of social networking sites.
62% of the children were asked for personal information online.
53% shared their home address, city and contact details online.
What parents believe:
32% parents believe their children spent too much time online.
49% parents believe their children owned e-mail accounts.
54% believe that their children are members of social networking sites.
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