1. Safer Internet Forum, Luxembourg, October 21st, 2010
Elisabeth Staksrud,
Dept. of Media and Communications, University of Oslo, Norway

2. Children who have a profile on a social
networking site (figure 22)
57 58 56
48
72
81
55
58 60
24
All
children
Girls Boys 9-10
years
11-12
years
13-14
years
15-16
years
Low SES Medium
SES
High SES
Gender Age SES
Base: All children who use the InternetEukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

3. Children who have a profile on a social
networking site by country (figure 23)
78
76 75 74
72 71 71
66 66 65
63 63 62
58 57
55 54 54 53
51 50
47 4750
60
70
80
90
Weighted average = 57%
47 47
0
10
20
30
40
50
NL SI LT DK CZ EE PL FI HU UK BE SE AT PT IE IT ES EL FR BG DE TR RO
Base: All children who use the Internet
EukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

4. Children who visited a social networking profile
in the past month (table 5)
38 40
79 77
60
38 40
Boys Girls Boys Girls All
9-12 year old 13-16 year old
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5. Children’s use of privacy settings on their
social networking profile
40
45
36
43
45
39 38
42
37
45
28 28 28
24
31 30
24
29 2829
24
33
30
27 28
30 31 31
23
Private profile Partially Private profile Public profile Don't know
17
24 2424 23
3 3 4
10
4 3 2
4 3 4
All
children
Girls Boys 9-10
years
11-12
years
13-14
years
15-16
years
Low SES Medium
SES
High SES
Total Gender Age SES
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6. Public SNS profiles by country
53
45 44
37 37
34 33 32 31 30 30 29
32 31 30 30 29 28 28
25
22
20 19 19 18
13 13 11
HU TR RO PL EL IT CZ DE SE LT BG FI EE BE PT SI FR DK AT NL UK ES IE
Base: All children who have a profile on a social networking siteEukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

7. Children who say they know how to change privacy
settings on a Social Networking Profile (Table 4)
32
35
64 64
54
32
Boys Girls Boys Girls All
11-12 year olds 13-16 year olds
Base: All children aged 11-16 who use the InternetEukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

8. Children’s knowledge of privacy settings
vs. status of own profile
22
30
Know how to change privacy settings
Do not know how to change privacy settings
19
22
9
7
11
Public profile Partially private profile Private profile
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9. Children who give incorrect age
on their SNS profile by country (table 6)
30
27 26 25
24
22
21
20 19 19 1919 19 19
17 17
14
13 13 13
10
9
8
6
3 2
ES UK IE IT PT DK TR EL BE EE SE FR SI FI AT RO CZ BG LT DE NL PL HU
Base: All children who have a profile on a social networking siteEukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

10. Number of contacts on children’s social
networking profiles, by country (figure 24)
31 29
27 29
23
21 21
52
30 28 31 34
23 20 24 24
30
11
22 22
18 16 17 21
16 13 11 10 9
19
70
80
90
100
More than 300 101 to 300 51 to 100 From 11 to 50 Fewer than ten
3 2 3 5
1
15
8 6 8 7 6 5
12
6 10 11
19
12 9
14
8
16 13 94 4
13 12
10
13
16
15
19 17
25
15
17
22
25 22
20
27
25
26 33
27 32
20
6 7
18 17
24
13 17 22
17 20
14
27
20 19
17 19
15 15 23
18
24
27 25
21
22
35
38 38 35 25
36
37 33 33
26
43
30 30
31 31 29 25
27 29
3165
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
RO BG FI EE DE PT CZ LT ES AT DK TR SI IE SE FR EL NL PL IT BE UK HU All
EukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

11. Nature of children’s online contacts, by type of
communication (age 11+) (Figure 28)
60 63
59
77
82 83
% First met in person face-to-face
% Met on the internet, friends/family of people you know
% Met on the internet, no other connection
60 63
59
31
25 24
33
27 23
28 27 26
12 8 8
Chatroom Playing Games Virtual World Social
networking
Instant
Messaging
Email
Base: All children aged 11-16 who communicate on the Internet in each of the ways shownEukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

12. “My schoolmate broke into my profile on social networking
site, wrote some vulgar things there, changed my
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND POTENTIAL
RISKS
site, wrote some vulgar things there, changed my
password. My parents solved the situation.”
(Boy, 14, Czech Republic)
EukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

13. The way in which child first contacted
someone they have met offline (table 34)
7
13
8
9-10 years 11-12 years 13-14 years 15-16 years All children
Only children who have met someone offline that they first communicated
with online in the past 12 months. Base: All children who use the Internet.
1 1 0 0 1 0
3
2
1 0 1 1
7
5
1 1 1 1
4
3
2 2
6
4
2 1 1 1
On a social
networking site
By instant
messaging
In a chat room Some other
way on the
internet
In a gaming
website
By email
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14. Receiving sexual messages on SNS
(age 11+), (table 28)
14
21
11-12 13-14 15-16
2 2
1 1 1 1 1
7
5
3
4 4
2 2 2
7
6
5 5
4
3
2
By 'pop up' By instant
messaging
On a social
networking
site
Some other
way on the
internet
By email In a
chatroom
In a gaming
website
Has seen or
received at
all
Base: All children 11 – 16 who use the InternetEukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

15. Ways in which children have been bullied
online in the past 12 months by age (table 20)
6
4
6
4
7
5
9-10 years 11-12 years 13-14 years 15-16 years All
1
2
1 1
0 0
33
2
1 1
0
1
4
3
1 1
0 0
3
4
1
0
1
0
3 3
1 1 1
0
On a social
networking
site
By instant
messaging
By email In a gaming
website
In a
chatroom
Some other
way on the
internet
At all on the
internet
Base: All children who use the InternetEukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

16. What they did after being bullied
and did it help? (table 26)
21
45
41
28
35
Did this Did this and it helped
Base: Children who use the Internet and have
been sent nasty or hurtful messages online
21
18
12
8
18
13 13
8
14
19
I stopped using the
internet for a while
I deleted any
messages from the
person who sent it
to me
I changed my filter/
contact settings
I blocked the
person who had
sent it to me
I reported the
problem (e.g.
clicked on a 'report
abuse' button,
contact an internet
advisor or 'internet
service provider
(ISP)')
None of these Don't know
EukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

17. Summary of initial results
58% of all European children have a profile on a social networking site. Usage increases
significantly by age
While 2/3 of the children have their profile set to private or partially private, only half of
the children using the Internet (54%) know how to change privacy settings on a social
networking profile, dropping to 1/3 with the 11-12 year olds
One in two have up to 50 contacts and 19% have fewer than 10. One in five (20%) has
between 100 and 300 contacts, while 9% have more than 300 contactsbetween 100 and 300 contacts, while 9% have more than 300 contacts
Most contacts are offline friends, or friends of friends. 12% met on the Internet
A Social Networking site is the most common place to meet someone online that a child
later meets offline (compared to other Internet services)
A Social Networking site is the most common place to experience bullying (however, the
numbers here are low overall)
Very few report such occurrences to the ISP/SNS provider (12%)
EukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

18. Spesific SNSs researched
Arto
Bebo
Daily Motion
Facebook
Microsoft SNS
Myspace
Nasza-Klasa
Netlog
Turenti
Yonce
Hi5
Lide.cz
Libimseti.cz
Skum
My Space
Orkut V
Frype
hotnot.lt
Ieskok.lt
Klase.lt
lt.mylivepage.com
odnoklassniki.ru
Okey.lt
Pazintys.lt
Underskog
Iwiw
Barati
Kor
KP-webben
Lunarstorm
Blip
Bilddagboken
Snuttis
Fjortis
Existenz
Kamrat
Favvo.se
Bendramoksliai.co
m
Other...Netlog
Piczo
Skyrock
Schuler VZ
Sulake
Yahoo Europe
Banzai
Hyves
One.lt
Rate
Orkut V
Kontakte
Odnoklassniki
IRC-galleria
Myvip
Biteplius.lt
Blogger.com
Draugas.lt
Flickr.com
Fotki.com
Pazintys.lt
Point.lt
pupauoga.lt
Twitter
Biip
Flickr
Go Supermodel
Habbo
Nettby
Origo
Bilddagboken
Hamsterpaj
Star Doll
Youtube
Habbo Hotell
Stallet
Apberget
Jesper
Snyggast
Teen life
Other...
EukidsII/Staksrud/21.10.2010

19. REPORT ON SPECIFIC SNS SERVICES
FINDINGS TO BE PUBLISHED SOON
For further findings & details on
methodology see the full report
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