This report from the UK Telecoms regulator OFCOM covering concerns of parents regarding strangers communicating with their children through online games
This comes as more than half (55%) of children who game online say they play with people they have never met offline at least sometimes, while one in five (20%) do so all or most of the time they play.
Talking to strangers (64%) ranks ahead of parental concerns about bullying by other players (60%), seeing inappropriate content such as violence, bad language or disturbing material (59%), and pressure to make in-game purchases (51%).
OFCOM has launched a programme to support parents to help keep their children safe online. The programme, called 'Power Up' is available on the OFCOM site here.
Read the full report here.
