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www.netchildrengomobile.eu The Net Children Go Mobile project aims Net Children to study the changing conditions of internet Go Mobile access and use, and whether it poses greater, fewer or newer risks to children. How do children go online? 37% 30% 20% 51% 45% Of children use their smartphone in the privacy of their own bedroom. 29% 36% 43% 45% 30% Desktop Laptop Tablet Smartphone Of children who own a smartphone connect only through wifi networks. % of children who own the device. % of children who use the device daily. How many children use social networking sites? Facebook is still the SNS that children are most Denmark Ireland Italy Romania United Kingdom likely to use. In Romania, 100% of children indicated FB as 81% 54% 64% 79% 58% the SNS they use most. In UK one • children said the profile they use most is on Twitter. in four Use of social networking sites strongly increases with age, with notable national differences amongst younger children: 93% 85% 50% 57% The lower diffusion of 41% social networking in Ireland, Italy and the UK is due to lower rates of under-age use. 28% 19% 14% 15% DK IE IT RO UK 9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16 How many online skills do children believe they have? The skills we measured: 6.9/2 5.512 5.912 Instrumențal ạnd critical skills (eg. comparing websites to assess reliability, etc.) 5,3 /2 5,1, /2 5,5 5,9 Safety Skills • (eg. change privacy settings, block unwanted contacts, etc). DK IE IT RO UK 7,72 6,9 4,1 5,7 Çommunicative abilities (create a blog, upload čontent, etc.) 12 12 Smartphone 12 Non mobile Tablet users users users All