Online Hate Affects More School-Aged Children, Reports Show
More children are encountering hate speech online at increasingly younger ages, according to NASK’s latest report “Nastolatki 3.0”. Many begin using the internet by age seven or eight and are quickly exposed to harmful content, especially on social media. Over two-thirds of young Polish internet users see hate speech as the most serious online issue.
Children rarely report such incidents to adults, making technological safeguards even more crucial.
“Effective protection starts with education – understanding how children use devices and the internet,” Marcin Marzec, CEO of SafeKiddo. said.
He emphasized the role of “parental protection” tools that block harmful sites and help manage screen time.
According to WHO’s HBSC study, one in five children in Poland may have experienced cyberbullying – worse than the global average of one in six. Teens now fear peer harassment more than hackers or scams, and over half believe online offenders go unpunished, a significant rise from previous years.
(Newseria)
