British teenagers among world's most extreme internet users, report says
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#2VA3K)
Thinktank warns that heavy internet use can have damaging consequences but says educating teenagers more effective than limiting online access
More than one in three British 15-year-olds are "extreme internet users" who spend at least six hours a day online - which is more than their counterparts in all the other 34 OECD countries apart from Chile, research has found.
The report, by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) thinktank, says: "Over a third (37.3%) of UK 15-year-olds can be classed as 'extreme internet users' (6+ hours of use a day) - markedly higher than the average of OECD countries.
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