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Alice Webb is a British television executive. She is Director of BBC Children's, leading the BBC's services for UK children.

BBC launches "digital well-being in the" It-app for kids

Feb 16,2020 6:20 am

The app will offer advice in addition to the text messages child-type

" - smartphone app called " Own It to The Children .

It monitors how Young People communicate with friends and family online and via messaging apps.

It uses the AI to evaluate a child's mood, so you can advise, or encourage you to talk to trusted adults.

The app is designed to provide help and support, especially when The Children on the exchange of confidential data, or send a harrowing message.

"The digital world is a fantastic place for People to share, but we know many Young People struggle to find a healthy balance online, especially if you are Alice Webb , Director of BBC children's said on your first mobile phones," in a statement.

Ms Webb said the app would run as a "helping hand" to children in the development of good habits, when you make your first phone and you can avoid some of the potential pitfalls of digital life.

The app is created, a special software, the keyboard, appears when children give messages and monitors is entered to the sounds of The Words , and the language used.

The in-house It app also has its own content, which aims to help children manage the amount of time you can spend looking on your screen, and gives advice on the responsible online interaction.

The BBC said the app would also encourage regular children to talk with parents and guardians about good and bad online experiences, and your phone.

The app has no reporting system that can consult parents to monitor phone use, said the BBC.

Online risks

The app would be "welcome" by some parents, said Professor Sonia Livingstone , a social psychologist from the London School of Economics and Director of the EU Kids Online project, the digital diets of the Young People researched.

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Prof Livingstone, who has seen a Demo Version of It, adds: "Based on my research On Children 's online risks and opportunities, I think it should be very helpful for The Children , especially the younger ones, and, ideally, constructive conversations between children and parents. "

you said, one of the "strengths" of the app was the effort it took, to protect relating to a child. This was in contrast to other apps, to monitor many of the parents to control their children's life online.

However, according to Prof Livingstone there were likely to limit their usefulness for some Young People .

"The Challenge will be on The Children , the more At Risk online," She Said .

The in-house It app development began in 2018, and has drawn on the input and support of many different child-focused charities and animal welfare groups.

partners include the Mental Health Foundation , the Anti-bullying Alliance, the NSPCC, the Diana Award and Childnet.

The app is launched against the background of the research, which shows how concerned some parents are on the phone use among their descendants.

A study published in August, suggests, to help regulate use.

Separate studies suggest, however, official advice in the UK, should say to the parents, to put children of your devices in The Hour before Bed .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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