Many Australian parents are in the dark about their kid’s online activities and are avoiding crucial conversations about their children’s online privacy and security practices, a new report by Symantec’s Norton division has shown.
he Norton report involved polling 600 parents across Australia. It found that 74 percent of Australian parents are oblivious to their kids’ online activities.
It also found some 41 percent of Australian parents surveyed never check their children’s online activities, and never discuss sexting (52 percent), cyberbullying (41pc) or stranger danger online (37pc).
“Alarmingly about one in five (18 percent) Australian parents surveyed had been warned about their child’s social media activities by their school and approximately 15 percent of parents had admitted to having at least one child impacted by cyberbullying,” Norton notes.
To help promote online safety, digital ethics and privacy, Norton says it has appointed author and child rights activist Tara Moss as the first Australian Norton family ambassador.
