New study, children spend 61 hours a year online

According to a new study, over 40% of children between the ages of 8 and 13 talk online with people who do not know them in real life.

The discovery was published in the annual report of CyberSafeland.

More than 3,500 of children between 8 and 13 years of age responded to the online survey, which revealed that 92% of them had telephones.

The survey found that 43% of them spoke online to people they did not know in real life. 1/3 speaks to foreigners every day or at least 1 times a week.

Of those surveyed, 24% of 8-year-old children and 28% of 9-year-old children speak with foreigners on the internet.

CyberSefelland said children have met online foreigners through the games, who have conversations and through social media.

The study also found that children in schools in disadvantaged areas are 29% more inclined to talk to foreigners every day.

According to the 12% of children between the ages of 8 and 13, they spend more than four hours a day on the internet. CyberSafeland said it was equivalent to 61 days a year standing before the screen.

It was also found that 36% of children rarely or never speak to their parents about online safety, a 20% increase from last year, and that boys are far less likely to talk to their parents about the matter regularly.

Snapchat is the most used app by children aged 8-13, followed by Whatsapp, Instagram and TikTok.