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Why cyber safety must be a core component of the primary school curriculum

A quarter of 8-12-year-olds has seen material online that upset, scared them or which they wished...

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07.38 8 Feb 2022


Why cyber safety must be a core component of the primary school curriculum


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07.38 8 Feb 2022


A quarter of 8-12-year-olds has seen material online that upset, scared them or which they wished they hadn’t seen.  That’s according to a new CyberSafeKids survey published this morning on Safer Internet Day.  Alex Cooney is CEO of Cyber Safe Kids and joined Shane this morning on the show.

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