Almost one in five kids talk to strangers online daily

Age restrictions on social media sites have been branded “meaningless” after it was claimed that 70% of eight- to 13-year-olds use the sites and 68% have their own smartphones.

CyberSafeIreland’s annual report also found 32% of children are speaking to strangers online every week while almost 20% of 12-year-olds and 10% of eight year-olds are spending more than four hours per day online.