UNICEF Digital Citizenship and Safety Ukraine presentation

Digital Citizenship & Safety

General Characteristics of Ukraine

General Characteristics of the UAnet

Digital Access and Activities

Behavioral Online Trends Safety Risks Recommendations

Table of Contents

■ General Characteristics of Ukraine■ General Characteristics of the UAnet■ Digital Access and Activities■ Behavioral Online Trends■ Safety Risks■ Recommendations







OverviewPOPULATION45 million

CAPITAL: city of Kyiv

LANGUAGE: Ukrainian official language, Russian widely spoken

STATIONARY INTERNET PENETRATION23%

MOBILE INTERNET PENETRATION119%







Total Population by Oblast and by Rural-Urban Breakdown







10-24 years in population


UANet






Environment







Top 10 Domains In Ukraine


DIGITAL ACCESS AND ACTIVITIES






Digital Access

Internet access for young people over 14







Percent of urban children age 6-17 using various Internet connection devices by region

panel = 550 people







Frequency of urban Children (by percentage) using home stationary computer for Internet by age range

Panel = 430 people







Knowledge and Usage of Social Networking WebsitesMost popular web-sites among surveyed children 10-17 years old are social networking sites (SNS): 56%







Total Facebook Users1 450 700

Facebook in Ukraine

Facebook use by genderFemales – 51%males – 49%

Penetration of population3.19%







User Generated Content: Blogosphere

■ 80% of Ukrainian blogs are found on three blog hosting sites, livejournal.com, blog.mail.ru, and liveinternet.ru

■ 15% of blogs are on Ukrainian blog hosting sites:■ Dnevnik.Bigmir.net,■ blog.i.ua,■ blog.meta.ua,■ biox.ua.

■ 420,000 person blogs (in Ukraine 2009)

■ 20,000 communities







Micro-Blogging: Twitter

■ 35,500 Ukrainian twitter users

■ 15% of users post daily

■ 59% of users are in Kyiv,

■ 9% in Kharkiv, ■ 7% in Odesa, ■ 6% in Lviv,

■ 3% in Donesk and Dnipropetrovsk.


Behavioral Online Trends






Increasing Internet Usage

Behavioral Online Trends

Ukrainian Internet users access the

Internet: age 14 and older

Safety Risks






Top Risks on the Internet According to Children aged 10-17:

Malicious Software and Fraud:39% Viruses

Exposure of Adult Content:21% Adult Content

Exposure of Adult Content (in the past month):

Received link to pornographic content: 2% of mobile internet users

7% of stationary internet users14% clicked the link

Ended up on a pornographic site:3% of mobile internet users

19% of stationary internet users22% stayed/engaged

Currently visit such sites: 2% of mobile internet users

11% of stationary internet users 9% engaged

Exposure of Violent Content:Watched such content:

2% of mobile internet users13% of stationary internet users

Safety Risks

% of internet user in the panel (age 10-17)






Meeting Strangers: When to meet a online stranger offline ?

% of internet user in the panel (age 10-17)

Safety Risks






Urban Children who are internet users, aged 6-17 who faced risk online:

7% agreed

SURVEY: The percent is out of 550 youth ages 6-17

Offered to take part in a lottery/sweepstakes or provide information to win something

6% of mobile internet users26% of stationary internet users

Asked to be in a film1% of mobile internet users7% of stationary internet users

5% agreed

Offered Drugs1% of mobile internet users7% of stationary internet users

11% agreed

Safety Risks






Children who faced risk online

Safety Risks

Asked detailed information, address, parent occupation, vacation times:■1% of mobile internet users■8% of stationary internet users■17% agreed/shared

Asked for personal photos: ■2% of mobile internet users■14% of stationary internet users■28% agreed/shared

Shared personal Information on SNS:■46%personal mobile phone number■36 %home address shared■51% personal photos

SURVEY: The percent is out of 550 youth ages 6-17






Recommendations

Education

UNICEF Digital Citizenship and Safety Ukraine presentation