10-year-old girls were the most likely to engage in ‘harmful or explicit sexual references’, according to the study. Grazia Daily article here.
Data based on texts of 50,000 children suggests ‘peri peri’ and ‘coleslaw’ not as innocent as parents may think. Guardian article here.
GIRLS aged 10 use the most sexually explicit language when they text – but boys are more abusive and aggressive. Daily Express article here.
THE Daily Express today calls for immediate and effective protection for children using the internet. Every week, four British youngsters take their own lives, often because of horrific bullying and incessant mental abuse online. Daily Express article here.
Children are adopting seemingly innocuous words from the menu of the fast-food chain Nando’s in an online “slanguage” that hides risky behaviour from their parents, according to the creators of a new safety app. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/app-deciphers-childrens-text-slang-to-alert-worried-parents-jltj7zrl8
London start-up developing child safety technology that can stop children sending dangerous messages even before they finish typing has raised millions from investors and sealed a deal with the German government to get its app onto the phones of thousands of children. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/08/19/child-safety-start-up-safetonet-raises-7m-seals-deal-german/
