In Morocco, 9 out of 10 children use a smartphone, 68% of them have their own device while 78% of Moroccan parents are not sufficiently informed on means to protect their children from online dangers.
The international cybersecurity company Kaspersky and research firm Immersion conducted a survey to study parents’ perception of their children’s online activities and their ability to assist them in safely using the internet.
The survey was conducted on a sample of 1,131 parents, 58% of them have a child enrolled in primary school, 27% in middle school and 15% in high school.
The data collected reveals that 60% of parents said they do not trust their child in using digital devices and having full access to online content.
As the age of children’s first encounter with the internet is getting younger, Gen Z is more exposed to online threats, with 3% of parents believing that their child has faced cyberbullying before.
Meanwhile, 10% of them have already been summoned to school because their child themselves participated in the cyberbullying of another child on social networks, Kaspersky noted.
