According to a 2022 survey of parents in the United Kingdom, 55 percent of parents with male children reported being aware that some major mobile phone networks offer an age verification process for users to access adult content. In comparison, 57 percent of parents with female children reported the same. Overall, awareness of this safety and parental control feature was present in over half of the interviewed parents.
Parents in the United Kingdom (UK) who were aware of the possibility to ask their mobile phone networks to block access to adult content as of November 2022, by gender
parents whose child uses a smartphone or tablet computer
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: "Some major mobile phone networks in the UK offer a block on Adult or 18+ content, which requires users to go through an age verification process before this content can be unblocked and received on the user’s phone. Did you know about this block on Adult content before today?"
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Ofcom. (April 27, 2021). Parents in the United Kingdom (UK) who were aware of the possibility to ask their mobile phone networks to block access to adult content as of November 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 08, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1424981/uk-parents-awareness-phone-network-age-restriction-by-gender/
Ofcom. "Parents in the United Kingdom (UK) who were aware of the possibility to ask their mobile phone networks to block access to adult content as of November 2022, by gender." Chart. April 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1424981/uk-parents-awareness-phone-network-age-restriction-by-gender/
Ofcom. (2021). Parents in the United Kingdom (UK) who were aware of the possibility to ask their mobile phone networks to block access to adult content as of November 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1424981/uk-parents-awareness-phone-network-age-restriction-by-gender/
Ofcom. "Parents in The United Kingdom (Uk) Who Were Aware of The Possibility to Ask Their Mobile Phone Networks to Block Access to Adult Content as of November 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1424981/uk-parents-awareness-phone-network-age-restriction-by-gender/
Ofcom, Parents in the United Kingdom (UK) who were aware of the possibility to ask their mobile phone networks to block access to adult content as of November 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1424981/uk-parents-awareness-phone-network-age-restriction-by-gender/ (last visited September 08, 2024)
Parents in the United Kingdom (UK) who were aware of the possibility to ask their mobile phone networks to block access to adult content as of November 2022, by gender [Graph], Ofcom, April 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1424981/uk-parents-awareness-phone-network-age-restriction-by-gender/
