Internet Matters has published findings from its fourth digital wellbeing survey, an annual study looking at how children are affected by their experiences online. The survey of over 1,000 families looked at the positive and negative impact of digital technology on physical, emotional, social and developmental wellbeing.

Key findings include an increasingly polarised online landscape in which the Internet is becoming more essential but also more distressing for children, although the positive impacts continue to outweigh the negatives. While the majority of children reported feeling safe online (77%), this is lower than the previous year (81%) with vulnerable children less likely to feel safe than their peers.