About one in five gamers between 13 and 18 years old feels he or she has been bullied in video games by other players, according to the first youth online gaming survey by the authorities.
Almost half of the 17 percent who felt bullied did not tell their parents they had faced in-game bullying, with the majority of parents unclear about who their children gamed with.
For up to 14 percent of gamers between 10 and 18 years old, online gaming blurred with reality as they engaged strangers they met online outside the games or chatted with them about personal information.
The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) on Feb 13 announced these findings from the inaugural online gaming survey. It urged parents to pay more attention to their children's online activities. The ministry will gradually roll out tools and courses to help parents.
The door-to-door survey was conducted between 2022 and 2023 with 810 pairs of Singaporean youth between 10 and 18 who played online games at least once a month, and their parents, said MCI.
This story is from the February 14, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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