One in five children spend at least seven hours a day using phone and tablet, found in the initial conclusions of a survey.
Two children aged 10 and 11 said that they spend at least nine hours a day using the screen during the weekend, according to the survey of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.
Thirteen -year -old Kiishi is part of a digital guardian project to help save children online and said some technologies were “almost controlled”.
The new rules under the Online Security Act, including age verification on some sites and apps, will be implemented from Friday.
In the survey, children and youth between the ages of seven to 18 in Wales asked about the use of equipment such as phones, tablets and computers.
More than half of the 340 respondents till date said that they had rules at home to limit the screen time and what apps they use, which will grow during school holidays during the time spent online.
A third of the respondents said that they had to leave their devices down at bedtime, and 47% said they were allowed only on a few apps.
About three quarters stated that they used Tiktok, which was accepted to close their one -hour limit ceremony for less than 18.
The Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Rosio Sifuntes said: ” [Online Safety] The Act should fulfill its promise to protect children and improve their online experiences. And in such a hurriedly developed location, it means maintaining coordination with new challenges and responding effectively them.
“The mechanisms that protect children for a long time on the screen should be strong.”
He said that it was “really striking how many times the children are spending online at an important time in their” social, physical and educational development “.
“I don’t think anyone can say that this is a healthy and balanced way for children’s childhood,” said Ms. Sifuints.
He said that “Parents ‘Awareness” about better parks, more economical sports and leisure facilities and “how the parents’ awareness works.
“This is an important moment to take stock, and unfortunately with the summer holidays, what I heard from the children, they spend time online, if anything happens then it’s going to go up,” he said. BBC Radio Wales.
The UK government is allegedly looking at how it can be able Limit how much time children spend on social media,
15 -year -old Rufus, Lalntvit Major, from Vale of Glamorgan, is part of a digital guardian project, which are being run by platforms, a mental health donation and NSPCC, which gives voice to the youth in debate around online security.
“I think more restrictions need to be restored,” he said.
“Not in the way of restricting time because most of the youth believe that restricting adults is restricting their fun and joy.”
Kiyashi, 13, Swanasi’s 13 -year -old said that she wanted to share her experiences as a young person to help improve safety for other children.
He said: “Technologies are moving and getting more complex and almost controlling. Some people can be brainwashed in thinking some things that are not real.”
ADA, 12, Cardiff has been told: “I wanted to be a digital guardian, so I can help keep children like me, looking at the rise of things like big or small, safety to AI, to spread wrong information because it is so common to get information from things like AI these days which can be wrong that can be dangerous for our physical and mental health.
“While the Internet can be spoiled, there are too many positives that help you develop and understand things.
“It can be educational, but there is a need to be more banned on social media and disintegration.”
Paula Lunn, president of the Bridge Youth Club KPC Youth and Community, said that in recent years, the ownership of the phone has increased among young people as well as with the fact that young children now have phones.
“You did not have mobile phones with 10 -year -old children,” she said.
Ms. Lunan “used the phone” quite limited “during the youth work sessions, which she described as” really encouraging “, and said that the youth activists were active in bringing children on their phones in activities at the center.
The UK communication regulator, Tomcom, will implement new rules, which will require social media platforms to change their algorithm affecting their algorithm shown to check the age of the user and to filter some types of content.
Under the Online Safety Act, firms are also required to remove illegal materials and new laws have been introduced around sending unwanted sexual images online.
Public affairs NSPCC Associate Head Matthew Sowmimo said: “Young people bring unique views that help us understand the correct impact of online loss, which is able to identify the support required to protect us.
“This is why it is important that children’s voices are involved in conversation about online child safety.
“But to protect children from online damage to children, including social media platforms, themselves should not be put on young people, but technical companies need to design and keep security facilities on their sites to deal with risks.”
