In addition to the typical online safety concerns around content, contact and conduct, parents are beginning to be concerned about newer emerging challenges for their children associated with livestreaming and vlogging.
More than a quarter of children aged six to 10, and around a third of 11- to 13-year-olds, regularly or sometimes livestream. Parents tell us that 70 per cent of children regularly or occasionally watch vlogs - with numbers rising as children become teenagers (45 per cent of four- to five-year-olds compared with 79 per cent of 14- to 16-year-olds).
Internet Matters commissioned research of 2,039 parents of children aged four to 16 in the UK to better understand parental views towards children watching and creating vlogs and livestreams.
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