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Woburn, MA – June 3, 2020 –Following the introduction of restrictions around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people’s online behavior has changed, not only among adults, but also among children. According to a newKaspersky study, kids have spent less time playing computer games in recent months, compared to the period before the pandemic began.
Global social distancing safety measures have forced children to continue their education from home, which is mainly done by attending lessons online. Many parents also began working from home, and currentlyspend more time with their familiesduring the lockdown. While being in quarantine together nearly all of the time could obviously become a challenge for both children and adults, it is important that parents understand what their youngsters are up to on their various devices.
Luckily, there is at least one less activity for parents to worry about. According to thereport,based on anonymized data collected by Kaspersky Security Network (KSN)[1]on users of Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows and macOS platforms,children have become less interested in games on personal computers during the lockdown. From March to May 2020, interest in this category consistently decreased in comparison with the first two months of the year.
[1]Kaspersky Secure Network (KSN) is a complex distributed infrastructure developed by Kaspersky and dedicated to intelligently processing cybersecurity-related data streams from millions of voluntary participants around the world
