McAfee launches Online Safety for kids programme across Ireland

Taoiseach Enda Kenny today welcomed the launch by McAfee of its Online Safety for Kids programme in Ireland As part of the launch McAfee also released results from its 'Digital Divide' Study an Irish study that looks at how teens are keeping their parents in the dark about what they're doing online Some of the findings were Disturbingly more than one in 10 11 per cent said they had actually met up with someone they met online A third of teens 33 per cent have looked up answers to a test assignment online Just over a third 34 per cent have looked up simulated violence online One in 10 teens admitted to having posted revealing pictures of themselves online with 12 per cent posting a comment containing foul language online with the same amount regretting it later The full findings can be viewed here According to the Digital Divide study more than half of the Irish teens surveyed admitted to wiping their browser history to hide what they're doing online from their parents The Taoiseach said I commend McAfee for launching this national online safety initiative which will be of interest to many parents and young people The results of the Digital Divide survey will be a cause for concern among some parents but information and education are the way forward Technology has enhanced all of our lives and continues to do so and it is also a key building block in our country's economic recovery and the future of our children However their safety is all-important and raising awareness and skill levels through initiatives like the one being undertaken by McAfee are essential

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