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13 February 19, 06:55
(This post was last modified: 27 February 19, 20:44 by jasonX.)
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These 10 actionable tips will improve Internet safety for your kids and we recommend you follow them right now.
Safer Internet Day 2019 is an international event happening on the 5th of February and is aimed at raising awareness on online safety by promoting safer and positive use of technology for children.
This year’s main theme was “Together for a better Internet” calling everyone to take action and join the movement for creating a better Internet for kids and young people.
For the past years, technology has evolved beyond our control and has improved many aspects of our lives and kids knowledge base, but what about its risks?
According to one report from US-based PCMag, 76% of parents are worried about their kids’ online safety and have major concerns over the danger they are exposed to.
Kids nowadays grow with technology and parents’ core challenges are to find the best ways to limit and control their access on the Internet.
With so many information flooding on the Internet today, there’s an increasing danger for children to become an easy target for malicious actors trying to take advantage of their lack of knowledge.
From falling for online scams, sharing too much personal data to cyberbullying or meeting online sexual predator, these are some of the biggest risks that children face online.
Online protection for children is difficult to be detailed in just one article, as we can approach different aspects of it, but our main focus is to highlight the most actionable tips parents can apply to protect kids when navigating online.
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https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/interne...able-tips/