YES - JOHN CARR, SECRETARY, CHILDREN'S CHARITIES COALITION ON INTERNET SAFETY
Somewhere between one-fifth and one-quarter of all children of school age do not have internet access at home and there is a growing body of evidence that this puts them at an educational disadvantage. It also means, increasingly, they are more likely to be stigmatised as coming from a poor or disadvantaged background. This makes a bad situation worse. Who wants to be the only kid in the class who can't instant message? Precisely because of this, I am delighted that the government recently declared its intention to ensure every child of school age has internet access at home.
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