First of all, these claims are a little far-fetched to be honest. However, Kaspersky reassured us that they are facts backed by scientific study. The results of what cyberbullying does to the society is published by Growing Up Online – Connected Kids.
Here are some highlights of what Kaspersky published in the results. You can check out the entire 18-pages worth of statistics at the end of this post.
- 13% of children and 21% of parents considerd it harmless
- 16% of children fear online bullying more than offline bullying; 50% feared both
- 4% of children admitted that of being bullied online; contrasted with 12% admitting that they’re bullied offline
- 37% victims reported haing low esteem
- 30% saw drop in school performance
- 28% claimed they’re depressed
- 25% parents claimed their child’s sleep pattern is affected; 21% claimed caused nightmares; 26% noticed social anxiety in their children; 20% of children is anorexic
Kaspersky also highlighted that they do have an initiative called Kerspersky Safe Kids to protect children from the ruthless internet world. There’s another blog that advises parents on this topic at https://kids.kaspersky.com/. I’m not the one to judge its effectiveness, but I recommend you to take a look at Sophos Home solution which we reviewed here. It offers a complete package from malware protection to internet filtering, and you can remotely control this through their web interface. Neat.
Interested to have a read on the entire report? Have a look here, courtesy of Kaspersky.
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