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In May 2010, the European Commission adopted the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE), a strategy to take advantage of the potential offered by the rapid progress of digital technologies. The DAE is part of the overall Europe2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Read more »

Results from a study released lately by the European Commission show that while a healthy 84% of the software programs tested enable parents to block access to certain websites, they are less efficient at filtering so-called web 2.0 content such as social networking sites or blogs. In addition, only a few products on the market are able to filter web content accessed via mobile phones or game consoles, at a time when one child out of four in Europe goes online in this way. In parallel, an EUKIdsOnline survey, also funded by the EU’s Safer Internet Programme, found that only a quarter of EU parents use parental control software to monitor, track or filter what their children can do online. The publication of these surveys serves to raise awareness of the importance of protecting children from certain Internet content while giving parents an objective view of which parental control software is the most effective. The Commission is committed to helping parents and their children keep safe online as part of the Digital Agenda for Europe.

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Click here to read the key findings of The EU Kids Online survey

Source
European Commission press release

Ένας στους δύο ανθρώπους στην Ευρώπη των 27 μελών χρησιμοποιεί το Internet καθημερινά, ενώ το ποσοστό αυτό για τους νέους ανέρχεται στους τρεις στους τέσσερεις. Στα 27 κράτη μέλη, το 65% των νοικοκυριών είχε πρόσβαση στο Internet το πρώτο τετράμηνο του 2009, ενώ το ποσοστό αυτό για το αντίστοιχο τετράμηνο του 2008 ήταν 60%.Ενδιαφέρον έχει βάσει της έρευνας η ευρυζωνικότητα έχει αυξηθεί από το 49% το 2008 στο 56% το 2009. Read more »