Parents worried about children’s online access but not taking sufficient safety measures — research

More than half of parents have not put any protections in place to protect their children from accessing harmful or inappropriate material online.

Research by the iReach Group presented yesterday showed that while 80% of parents are concerned about what their children may access online, just 40% have active house rules to counteract those threats.

The same research indicates 46% of Irish children regularly take and post “selfies” online, even though 60% of parents disliked the idea.