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12th July 2021
10:39am BST

Parents are thereby urged to warn their children to only communicate with people they know in real life online and to be aware of stranger danger on the web.
"We would be warning of kids sharing too much information. It could be their name, age, where they go to school, live," she said.
"Unthinkingly they could be contributing to that digital footprint and that might affect them in later life."
Ms Cooney also said that cyber-bullying is an issue faced by many children online between being excluded from chats to being subjected to cruel comments, but that it's important for parents to recognise the benefits the web has provided to kids for socialising during the pandemic.Explore more on these topics: