{"id":8081,"date":"2024-04-19T04:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/quarter-of-uks-three-and-four-year-olds-own-a-smartphone-data-shows-6\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T04:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T04:01:09","slug":"quarter-of-uks-three-and-four-year-olds-own-a-smartphone-data-shows-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/quarter-of-uks-three-and-four-year-olds-own-a-smartphone-data-shows-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarter of UK\u2019s three- and four-year-olds own a smartphone, data shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners express concern at new Ofcom figures, which also show that half of under-13s are on social media<\/p>\n<p>A quarter of three- and four-year-olds in the UK now own a smartphone, while half of children under 13 are on social media, according to new data that comes as ministers consider banning all children under 16 from owning a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>The figures, from the communications regulator Ofcom, show high and rising rates of online activity by children of infant-school age, with 38% of five- to seven-year-olds using social media, compared with 30% a year ago, and 76% of them using a tablet.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/apr\/19\/quarter-of-uks-three--and-four-year-olds-own-a-smartphone-data-shows\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners express concern at new Ofcom figures, which also show that half of under-13s are on social media A quarter of three- and four-year-olds in the UK now own a smartphone, while half of children under 13 are on social media, according to new data that comes as ministers consider banning all children under 16 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}