MILLION KIDS EXPLOITED - THE ACCELERATING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY MAKING SENSE OF MASS AUDIENCE LIVE STREAMING MillionKids.org

THE ACCELERATING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY AND MAKING SENSE OF :
MASS AUDIENCE LIVE STREAMING
GLOBAL DIGITAL CURRENCY
GEO LOCATION SOFTWARE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Gone are the days when our kids talk to only people they know online. The past several months have seen an expansion (and explosion) of technologies that it is hard to keep up with. Mass audience live streaming, global digital currency, artificial intelligence, geo location software impacts our kids and puts them on a global stage communicating with thousands of people they will most likely never meet. To get a grasp of just how big the global online community is Opal did some research. Check this out.

Fortnite has 500 Million active accounts.
Roblox has 70 million active daily users.
Roblox has 300 million monthly active users
60% of Roblox users are under 16 yrs old - 52% are males.
Tik Tok has 1.2 Billion users- 150 million users in the U.S.
20% of Tik Tok users in U.S are under 17 yrs. old = 30 million users
X (Twitter) has 368 million active users.
Reddit has 430 million active users.
Snapchat has 750 million active users.

This generation of young people will have the greatest challenge to parent of all time. Everyday, our kids go online where they are connected to hundreds of people they have never met. How can they tell if they are talking to a good guy or a bad guy (or girl)? What is the likelihood that child will meet up with an online predator and even more important, what are the chances they will recognize they are talking to a potential criminal and know how to protect themselves?




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