OYOTY- Online safety assistant for children

A number of studies have found that children now start their online lives at a fairly young age. With a number of popular social and gaming apps attracting them, it can be difficult for them to know what is safe or appropriate to share. As parents, keeping children safe online is a very important concern.

While filtering and monitoring solutions might be helpful, used on their own they may not help children understand online risks or help them deal with problems they may face.

What if there was an online safety assistant for children?

Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) there is now a friendly robotic assistant designed just for children called OYOTY that can help.

OYOTY is a friendly robot helping children stay safe online

As your child’s personal assistant OYOTY looks out for their safety through Intervention and education. When he finds unsafe behavior, personal data or inappropriate content posted by your child on social networks, he alerts them, with a ‘think-again’ message and works with them to take immediate action on the matter.

How does OYOTY work?

Empowerment through education

OYOTY periodically sends children information, fun-filled content and quizzes to help them understand the value of personal data, privacy and positive engagement with social networks. The educational content is delivered in line with the Digital Literacy curriculum and comprises of the following areas:

Parents get a progress report and practical advice

OYOTY lets children manage their problems themselves and serve parents a progress report without breaching their trust or spying on them. Of course, if children do not fix the issues, OYOTY escalates the matter to parents.

How we’re supporting parents on the tool

To help support parents and give them the tools to have the right conversations with their children, we’ve contributed helpful resources and tips from experts which feature in the tool.

Who are the makers of OYOTY?

Privately brings Swiss innovation to create child-centric online safety solutions focused on building resilience in children through a combination of self-help tools, awareness and education. By empowering children to better manage their own digital lives we help develop better digital citizens who engage positively with digital media and are better able to leverage the wonderful possibilities that the Internet has to offer.