Children as young as five are going online

The age at which children have open access to the internet is getting lower.

Children as young as five are going online

The age at which children have open access to the internet is getting lower.

1st class students first went online at close-to-5-years-old, while 6th class students first went online when they were seven-and-a-half.

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