6 December 2023
A significant number of young people are being scammed online, however the scope of financial risk and harm is much broader. Discussions with young people undertaken for the Index highlight a range of financial risk that children and young people experience such as the pressure to spend in games and the confusion that pseudo currencies can create.
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30 November 2023
If you missed the event or would like a reminder of all of the great discussions from our youth panel and expert speakers on the day, the 2023 launch event recording is now available on-demand.
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23 November 2023
Kat Dixon explains how we need to understand what lack of data does to a young person’s life, and how the data in the Digital Youth Index is doing just that – building a richer picture.
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22 November 2023
The Consumer Digital Index is the UK’s largest measure of digital and financial lives. This year’s report includes the 2023 UK Essential Digital Skills benchmark; a measure of the fundamental tasks needed to access the online world including the essential digital skills needed for life and work.
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21 November 2023
The Digital Youth Index provides some interesting insights into the different lived experiences of young people in the digital world and the impact on various aspects of their wellbeing. Most gamers think their use of digital technology has either no impact or a positive impact on their wellbeing.
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20 November 2023
Justin Spooner, Director, Unthinkable shares his thoughts on how this years Index has been making him think about what kind of society we want. How he found himself pondering how we should interpret the Index's wealth of facts, figures, trends and voices. What does it all add up to? What is it trying to tell us?
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