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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Martyn Landi

Children struggling to cope with harms encountered online – study

The number of UK children experiencing some form of harm online remains high – with parents fearing the impacts of harm are getting worse, a new study says.

The annual wellbeing index from online safety charity Internet Matters found that children’s emotional resilience is weakening, with a rise in the number choosing to actively avoid certain platforms because of negative interactions.

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