The Game changing parental control technology that requires engagement from parents and guardians Rena Maycock, CEO of Cilter

New data from Amárach Research reveals that over 70% of 5–8-year-olds have access to a smartphone, and that 80% of children aged 11+ have significant amounts of unsupervised internet time, including in their bedrooms.

With this high number of children having access to smartphones, how can we be sure that they are using the smartphones in a safe and secure way? Well, a new online platform that was launched earlier this month by Amárach Research, Cilter, the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, and SFI (Science Foundation Ireland) funded ADAPT centre (“the Consortium”), aims to allow children to use smartphones safely and securely.  Ronan spoke to Rena Maycock, CEO of Cilter. 

Rena talks about her background, how Cilter started and more.

More about Cilter:

An online platform which requests anonymous submissions from parents/guardians of examples of harmful online language experienced by children was launched earlier this month. The submissions will be used to inform Cilter, a new cutting-edge parental control technology for smartphones.

This technology will sit in the operating systems of smartphones, and will prevent children being exposed to cyber-bullying, grooming, and self-harm content, as well as alerting parents/guardians if their child is attempting to send or receive this content. The data gathered in this survey will be the world’s first repository of harmful verbatim private language that children experience.  The Cilter app for Android and Apple Phones will be available soon on the App Store and the Google Play Store.