The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has forced families to spend their free time mostly at home. Staying at home usually also means spending much time using different internet connected devices. For clear reasons, children’s growing online activity can cause lots of worries to their parents.
Thus, according to Kaspersky survey[1], 27% of parents in the United Arab Emirates claim that they have come across something in their child’s social media account that seemed suspicious. Elaborating on what it exactly was, they mention people they interact with (51%), posts that they share (47%), groups they join (45%) or video on their page (44%).
What is more, 31% state their child has seen or listened to something that seemed suspicious to them, be that videos (76%) or photos (31%). Obviously, these data show the need to explore the interests of children, to make sure everything is alright or it is necessary to take action. However, not all the parents realize it – only 36% of them befriend their children via social networks in order to be connected with their kids – sometimes real communication is not enough and the parents have to look carefully at their children’s webpages.
«It gets harder and harder for parents to keep up with the pace of modern evolving world. They are often left out of the picture as they simply do not catch with trends that emerge way too fast. However, it is possible to stop this backlog by communicating with your child and ensuring your presence on the Internet – to build trust and good relationship with your child you have to know what you are talking about with them» - states Maher Yamout, Senior Security Researcher at Kaspersky.
In order to eliminate groundless suspicions about your child’s digital life and to secure their presence on social media, Kaspersky strongly recommends following this advice:
- Learn more on the topic of children’s cybersecurity: explore modern trends, apps, the way of behavior that has to be adopted in order to safeguard against dangers (for instance, the basic security rules while on the Internet);
- Communicate with your child and define the borders which are not meant to cross: discuss with them safe locations both real and webpages;
- Install a reliable security solution such as Kaspersky Safe Kids to monitor your child’s activity successfully.
About Kaspersky
Kaspersky is a global cybersecurity company founded in 1997. Kaspersky’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative security solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection and a number of specialized security solutions and services to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. Over 400 million users are protected by Kaspersky technologies and we help 250,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.
For further information please contact:
Sweta Fernandes, Account Executive, Golin, KasperskyTeam@golin.ae
[1] The “Digital Parenting” survey was implemented in conjunction with Toluna research agency in the end of 2019 – beginning of 2020. 5000 respondents from META region and Baltic states participated in the survey.
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