[New post] Children too trusting of Google and YouTube, unable to identify paid ads, says UK govt report

Ben Lovejoy posted: " A report by the UK's telecoms and Internet watchdog Ofcom says that children are too trusting of what they find on the web, a surprisingly high percentage of them taking search results on trust, and unable to identify paid ads. One in five online 1" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Children too trusting of Google and YouTube, unable to identify paid ads, says UK govt report by Ben Lovejoy A report by the UK's telecoms and Internet watchdog Ofcom says that children are too trusting of what they find on the web, a surprisingly high percentage of them taking search results on trust, and unable to identify paid ads. One in five online 12-15s (19%) believe information returned by a search engine such as Google or Bing must be true, yet only a third of 12-15s (31%) are able to identify paid-for adverts in these results. The report found that the position was even worse with YouTube ...  Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | November 20, 2015 at 4:56 am | Tags: Children, Google, Kids, Ofcom, search, teenagers, Trust, YouTube | Categories: Search, YouTube | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-wAs Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/11/20/kids-too-trusting-google-youtube/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com