{"id":24878,"date":"2012-10-10T16:09:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T06:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=24878"},"modified":"2012-10-10T16:09:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T06:09:28","slug":"teenage-boys-face-more-online-monitoring-by-parents-than-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=24878","title":{"rendered":"Teenage boys face more online monitoring by parents than girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Back to school days marks surge in parent monitoring<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>SYDNEY &amp; AUCKLAND<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>\u2013<strong> October 10, 2012<\/strong> \u2013 Teenage boys are more likely than girls to be monitored by parents on Facebook, according to a three-month study by Bitdefender, the award-winning provider of innovative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitdefender.com.au\/\">antivirus<\/a> solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Parents are 50 per cent more likely to monitor the Facebook account of boys between the ages of 13 and 17 than girls of the same age, according to the study on more than 1,600 volunteers. The data also shows the rate of monitoring spikes upward in the back-to-school season, when boys face an even greater level of scrutiny in comparison to girls. In September, boys are 60 per cent more likely to have their Facebook accounts monitored than are girls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may seem counterintuitive but our research shows parents are more protective of boys online than girls,\u201d said Bitdefender Chief Security Researcher, Catalin Cosoi. \u201cThis is possibly a result of the perception that boys engage in more risky behaviour online than girls. Cyber-bullying and cyber-baiting, a new trend that humiliates teachers through sharing of videos posted online, are also more commonly associated with masculine behaviour. At the same time, our data shows girls and women are more cautious about communicating with strangers on line, perhaps earning greater trust from their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recently launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitdefender.com.au\/solutions\/total-security.html\">Bitdefender Total Security 2013<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitdefender.com.au\/solutions\/internet-security.html\">Bitdefender Internet Security 2013<\/a> include Parental Control that allows parents to protect their children by checking up on their use of an Internet-connected device. Facebook monitoring helps parents keep an eye on social accounts with their kids\u2019 consent, but without being necessarily in the friends\u2019 list. It also allows them to receive extensive reports on comments, posts, photos, and children\u2019s main interests.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note to editors: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The article\u2019s conclusions are based on a study between 15 June 2012 and 30 September 2012 with a sampling of 1,605 people.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to school days marks surge in parent monitoring\u00a0 SYDNEY &amp; AUCKLAND \u2013 October 10, 2012 \u2013 Teenage boys are more likely than girls to be monitored by parents on Facebook, according to a three-month study by Bitdefender, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirus solutions. 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