7 October 2009

Research by Ofcom, the media regulator, found that 35 per cent of children aged 12 -15 and 16 per cent of children aged eight - 11 had internet access in their bedrooms, up from 20 per cent and nine per cent respectively in 2007. The findings come in a report on media literacy in 5-15 year olds and their parents. A majority of older children (60 per cent) and a third of younger ones said they used the internet mostly on their own. Ofcom found that the social networking website Facebook was the sixth most popular website among children aged six to 11, despite Facebook requiring that users should be at least 13 years old.

The full report and a summary can be found on the Ofcom website