Survey finds most children are aware of Internet risks
A new survey by the European Commission has found that most Irish children are well aware of the risks involved in using the Internet.
Children involved in the study highlighted viruses, online scams, talking to strangers in chatrooms and cyberbullying as the most common online risks.
The survey, carried out in 29 European countries, found that the most popular internet activities for children aged between nine and 14 are games, surfing and communicating with friends by email or messaging.
Girls aged between 12 and 14 stay on line longer, and spend most of their time on the social networking site Bebo.
Irish boys mainly use the internet for downloading and playing games and music, but those aged nine and 10 are more inclined to search for information related to schoolwork on sites like Wikipedia and the BBC.
