Kids are equally disturbed by violent videos on YouTube that depict cruelty to animals or beheadings, and through insensitive Facebook messages from divorced parents, according to a new study.
Expected to be unveiled tomorrow by the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), the research advises that David Cameron’s policy to obstruct sexual content and pornography through parental controls and filters via internet service providers (ISP) will be a part of steps to ensure the safety of kids online.
According to the ‘Have Your Say’ report, children under-11 play games on sites, followed by school work and maintaining contacts with friends, while older children use social networking over playing games.
The survey involved about 24,000 children aged up to 16, who were asked about 25 questions regarding the internet use, including, "Have you ever seen anything online that upset you?"
The UK government has recently launched several proposals focused on parental controls offered by ISPs, telecoms, OEMs, web services, and even retailers to create commonly available, family-friendly Internet access, while enhancing online protections for more vulnerable kids.
The proposal is also aimed at better defining inappropriate content, including upsetting, mean, and violent content and at developing ways to detect and remove it before kids are exposed to it.
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