An Ofcom report has revealed that large proportions of children as young as five are using social networks and other online platforms without supervision.
Ofcom’s annual study of children’s relationship with the media and online world has revealed around a quarter of those aged five to seven owns a smartphone, while more than three-quarters use a tablet.
Almost a third of parents of five-to-seven-year-olds said their child uses social media independently, with three in ten admitting they are likely to allow their child to have a social media profile before they reach the minimum age required.
Almost half (48%) of five to seven-year-olds have personal profiles on YouTube or YouTube Kids.
