The Guadian reports on research undertaken by the charity GambleAware which states that young people in UK aged 11-17 said seeing a celebrity gambling or advertising it made them want to emulate them.
Whilst the current focus has been on pornography, radicalisation and crime there are other aspects of online life that children need to be aware of and guided on appropriate behaviour online. We all know that children want to explore and experience lots of things that look exciting or different or even a bit risky and monitoring can pick these behaviours up to allow gentle intervention to discuss the risks that they might face in the future if not immediately.
The newspaper reports that "the UK’s leading gambling charity, GambleAware, which commissioned the reports, urged regulators and policymakers to address social media accounts and influencers producing betting content on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch in light of the findings.
In one survey of 2,100 children aged 11-17, a quarter said seeing a celebrity gambling, or advertising it, had made them want to follow suit, rising to more than a third (36%) among boys aged 16-17."
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