Sixty percent of Australian children have watched harmful online content, including drug taking, suicide and violent sexual material unbeknownst to their parents, who did not know what their children were exposed to on the internet, a new study has found. Julie Inman Grant, the commissioner of eSafety—Australia’s independent regulator for online safety, released research investigating the online risks facing children on Safer Internet Day (Feb. 8). The study results revealed considerable gaps between the online harms parents were aware of and what their children had actually seen. The researchers surveyed over 3,500 Australians from eight to 17 years old, and their parents during August and September 2021. The survey involved children’s cyber activities, and what parents knew and did not know about their children’s online experience. The study also analysed digital parenting practices and their impacts on children’s internet use, and found that many parents did not have a complete …