Parents who underestimate online risks for teens and the use of safety tools to keep their children safer online are key insights from the 2023 Global Online Safety Survey.
- The results show that 69% of the people surveyed had experienced an online risk in the last year, 74% of the teenagers reported having experienced an online risk and 39% of them said they had experienced online hate speech. In Brazil, the main findings show that 69% of Brazilians also experienced some type of risk online in the last year, with misinformation being the most reported isolated risk (53%), followed by personal risk (42%) and violent content (35%).
- Microsoft provides educational resources and tips to help families build healthy habits and protect their online safety experiences.
For the past six years, Microsoft has participated in International Safer Internet Day, a global event that brings people together to create a safer internet, with the goal of championing digital civility – treating those we interact with online with dignity and respect. For this, the company has been launching research to help better understand people's online experiences and, this year, Microsoft presented the new Global Online Safety Survey 2023: Parents and Children's Perceptions of Online Safety as part of your contribution to making the internet a safer place to work, play and interact with others.
Microsoft Global Online Safety Survey 2023: Brazil – Parent and Child Perceptions of Online Safety
This year's survey was conducted online with more than 16,000 parents, teens and other adults in 16 countries, asking about their perceptions of online life and experience with 10 different risks across five broad categories. The results show that 69% of people surveyed globally have experienced an online risk in the past year. The most common risks found globally and that are repeated among Brazilians were about misinformation and personal risks, including cyberbullying, hate speech and threats of violence. Respondents in the UK (50%) and Germany (56%) were least likely to experience an online risk, while respondents in the Philippines (86%) and Chile (79%) were most likely to experience an online risk. Brazil follows the global average, in which 69% of Brazilians also experienced an online risk in the last year, with misinformation being the most reported isolated risk (53%), followed by personal risks (42%) and violent content (35%). In personal risks, hate speech (36%), Cyberbullying, harassment, abuse (17%) and threats of violence (12%) stand out. Violent content includes extreme real-world violence (25%) and extremist, violent, and terrorist content (11%).
Parents underestimate online risks for teens across all categories
Among the most important findings revealed in the survey is the fact that parents underestimate online risks for teens across all categories. Globally, 74% of teens reported experiencing an online risk, while 62% of parents believed their child had faced an online risk – a difference of 12 points. The biggest differences concerned hate speech, followed by threats of violence, exposure to suicide and self-harm content, cyberbullying and abuse. For example, 39% of teens reported experiencing hate speech online, while only 29% of parents reported that their children had such an experience; and 19% of adolescents experienced a threat of violence, while only 11% of parents reported the same. After experiencing an online risk, 60% of teens talked to someone about it: 71% of these teens talked to their parents; 32% spoke with friends; and 14% spoke to another adult who was not their parent. In Brazil, 19% of adolescents had access to suicide and self-mutilation content, while only 13% of parents believe that their children accessed this type of content.
This year's survey showed that parents generally consider effective safety measures and tools to help keep their children safe online, including checking their children's profiles and posts, receiving activity reports and regularly talking to their children about their web activities. Parents of younger children, ages 6-12, are much more likely than parents of teenagers to use platform-based safety features, using 4.4 tools compared to parents of teenagers (3.5). Tools that allowed parents to review friend/follow requests (71%) and online spending limits (69%) were found by parents to be the most effective.
Microsoft's Commitment to Digital Security
Microsoft has a longstanding commitment and multifaceted approach to children's online safety, and this research shows that technology companies, governments, civil society and families need to continue to work together for a safer internet.
“We remain committed to advancing digital security across four pillars: platform architecture, content moderation, culture and collaboration. We know that security by design is critical to the architecture of the platform, as well as the incorporation of security features for families. And having clear security policies, along with consistent and proportionate actions to enforce those policies, is critical to protecting users,” said Courtney Gregoire, head of Digital Security at Microsoft Corp. Survey respondents overwhelmingly agree on the importance of these efforts, with 85% expecting moderation for illegal content (28%) and for illegal and harmful content (57%).
Empowering users to create safe and inclusive online communities allows everyone to fully participate in digital environments. This includes helping people understand the risks they may face online and ways people can protect themselves and their families.
Multi-actor collaboration remains critical to addressing the intersection of real and digital harm, so Microsoft continues to work with policymakers and other professionals around the world to craft effective and proportionate responses to help make the internet a safe space. for all.
Microsoft understands that many parents are looking for educational resources and guidance to help them personalize online safety experiences for their families and is committed to providing the following:
- Resources|Microsoft Online Safety
Global survey results and tips for parents and teens.
- Xbox Family Hub
Resource for families to set up a children's Xbox account and information about privacy and safety.
- Microsoft Family Safety
It aims to empower families to create healthy habits and protect them with digital and physical security guidance and tools.
- Xbox Family Settings App
Manage children's activities in console games.
- Xbox Security Guide
Xbox's evolving approach to safety, Minecraft Education's new Privacy Prodigy, features tips and tools parents can use with their families to play games on Xbox.
Games can be an invaluable tool for learning, so for this Safer Internet Day, Minecraft: Education Edition has released an immersive game-based learning adventure, Privacy Prodigy, for students ages 7-18. Players will accept the challenge of protecting their data as they move further from home. They will be presented with scenarios that will help them learn about what personal information can be shared and what should be kept private. Privacy Prodigy is a continuation of the CyberSafe series introduced last year with Home Sweet Hmm, and will be available for free on both Minecraft Education and the Marketplace.
The Global Online Safety Survey was conducted in Canada, United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, India, Philippines, Singapore and Australia. At least 1,000 interviews were conducted in each country, including 500 among adolescents and adults. Some of the main trends from this year's survey you can find in a summary, along with specific data by country, on here. #DWorldSafeInternetDay
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