The document discusses the results of a survey on internet safety conducted in the UK. It finds that most UK teachers feel students know more about technology than they do by age 13. Additionally, the majority of teachers believe parents rely too heavily on schools for internet safety education. While most parents plan to discuss adult topics with children by age 10, many had this conversation much later or not at all with their own parents. Both parents and teachers identify parents as primarily responsible for teaching children about internet safety. However, many teachers have not received formal training on e-safety. The document provides resources from AVG on internet safety education.

1. Who’s Responsible?
Tony Anscombe, Senior Security Evangelist
AVG Technologies

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* Source: AVG Digital Diaries Teachers Survey, June 2014
UK teachers felt that by the age of 13,
the children they teach know more
about technology than they do
86% of teachers in the UK feel parents rely
too much on schools to teach about e-safety
85% think internet safety should
be part of the education curriculum …
…but only 41% feel the new UK curriculum will
advance children using technology in a safe way
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Parents’ concerns about the Internet
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78% of parents in the UK think
the Internet has encouraged the
conversation on adult themes with
children at an increasingly early age
Porn was the least favourite topic
to broach for 58% of UK parents
Most parents said they plan to have
this conversation by the time their child
is aged 10. In contrast, they themselves
only had the talk with their parents at
a later age, up to 15 years old – and
45% in the UK never had the talk at all

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63% of UK teachers
have had no formal training on e-safety

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Who is responsible?
When asked who is
responsible for making the
Internet a safer place for
children, parents said:
• Parents – 30%
• Schools – 19%
• Social Networks – 10%
• Government – 8%
• Device manufacturers /
online search tools - 7%
When asked who is
responsible for teaching
e-safety, teachers said:
• Parents – 54%
• Internet service
providers – 14%
• Government – 12%
• Online search tools – 8%
• Device manufacturers
/ social networks – 4%

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AVG Resources
• Magda & Mo interactive books, available in Czech, English, French, German,
Portuguese (Brazilian) and Spanish, at: www.avg.com/ebooks/en/magda-and-
mo/homepage
• Find out more about AVG Digital Diaries research at:
http://mediacenter.avg.com/ and www.avgdigitaldiaries.com/
• Download Tony’s book, One Parent to Another, here:
http://www.avg.com/ebooks/one-parent-to-another
• Watch Tony talking about the book and discussing the major themes with other
parents at: http://www.youtube.com/user/officialAVG
• Download An Online Safety Guide for Parents eBook by Tony Anscombe:
http://www.avg.com/ebooks/guide-for-parents
• Visit Tony Anscombe’s blog: http://blogs.avg.com/author/tony-anscombe/
and follow him on Twitter @tonyatavg
• Parent’s Guide to Early Years Online eBook by Judith Bitterli, AVG
Technologies: http://www.avg.com/ebooks/digital-early-years#.UnKkLWVFDIU
• Visit Judith Bitterli’s blog: http://blogs.avg.com/author/judith-bitterli/

10. Thank you