Research

FOSI’s research projects provide data-driven insights and evidence-based guidance to inform policy, industry best practices, family support around online safety and digital wellbeing.

Research

Generative AI: Emerging Habits, Hopes and Fears

November 13, 2023

This report surveyed parents and teens across the US, Germany, and Japan with the aim of understanding their awareness, perceptions, and early use of genAI. 

Making Sense of Age Assurance: Enabling Safer Online Experiences

November 14, 2022

This report examines the awareness, attitudes, and behaviors of both parents and children regarding age assurance – a process that encompasses the methods and solutions used to verify or estimate a user's age on online services and apps.

Managing the Narrative: Young People's Use of Online Safety Tools

November 14, 2022

This report aims to center young people's attitudes and experiences in the discussion around online safety, learn from their feedback about what remains difficult, and provide parents, educators, and industry with better blueprints to continue creating solutions. 

Tools for Today's Digital Parents

November 18, 2020

The emergence of COVID-19 brought about the need for many parents to adapt their approach to digital parenting. In many instances, this meant parents allowing more flexibility.

Revisiting COPPA

June 12, 2019

Despite the Rule having been updated there have been calls to alter the way that children’s privacy is regulated in the United States. This white paper explores the implications of the current regime and potential areas of improvement.

Online Safety Across the Generations

November 14, 2022

This year, FOSI explored intergenerational technology use as well as how parents and seniors think about the benefits and challenges technology brings to their families.

Online Safety Survey

FOSI’s Online Safety Survey

FOSI's Online Safety Survey is a bi-annual project that aims to assess the state of online safety trends, habits and concerns through the years. Survey respondents are both kids aged 10-17 and parents of kids aged 10 -17. This survey asks parents and kids their thoughts about parental controls, online safety education, household rules, and much more. This research is conducted in partnership with Ipsos.

FPO survey