This is the Business Briefing. Im ben bland. Protecting your children online. In a world where most seven year olds already own a phone, Online Safety is becoming a big concern for parents and authorities around the world. Sustainable aviation. Is it even possible . We take a closer look at the efforts to make flying greener. And on the markets asian stocks balance where Chinese Markets reversing some of their previous plunge. More Central Bank Money being pumped into the system, that is to come virus fears, but oil remains at 13 month lows. 0h, were going to start sitting down, are we . Going to start sitting down. They a lwa ys start sitting down. They always change it just start sitting down. They always change itjust to catch me out anyway, you know how it goes. You have seen it before. Welcome to the programme, this is the Business Briefing. Advances in technology and the internet have for the most part made our lives easier. But for parents, it brings a whole new set of concerns. According to uk regulator ofcom, more parents than ever feel childrens online use now carries more risks than benefits. And it seems its becoming harder to avoid. Last year, ofcom found that half uk of ten year olds now own their own smartphone, mainly as they are preparing for secondary school. And theyre now more likely than ever to see hateful content online. Half of 12 15s had seen hateful content in the last year, an increase from 34 in 2016. Parents are also concerned about a rise in Online Gaming. More 5 15 year olds are playing games online than ever before. Jonny pelter, a Cyber Security expert and the founder of simplecyberlife. Com joins me now. Welcome to the programme, good to see you. Do you think these figures are any cause for concern . They are. They confirm what we already knew. I think a few of the stat in their show that a few elements are happening a little bit quicker than we might have thought, Online Gaming in particular. A massive craze with games like fortnight, taking over the world and kids spending a lot of their time on their, but it
is part of their social lives nowadays, so its something that parents have two sit up and deal with. That parents have two sit up and dealwith. But it that parents have two sit up and deal with. But it goes beyond that . Lets take an extreme example, a parent worried about their child spending too much time on the device, takes the device away completely, even in terms of skills that they need to succeed in the workplace in the future, you have got to be able to use apps, being confident going online. Screen time in particular is an issue, both for the parents and children, mainly because the main way that parents deal with this is with parental control apps and some of these can be very invasive, and what we are seeing at the moment, which is a positive step, is regulators taking steps to ensure that
children are notified when they are being monitored, because it is really tricky in this market at the moment with all of the different apps that are available, some of them are really invasive, some help straddle the boundary between privacy and safety, so it is really difficult. It is kind of keeping an eye over the childs shoulder all the time but in a digital way. When it comes to these apps that put restrictions on what they can do and how long they can do it for, some parents may think that they have set it all up but the reality is that children can probably get around it more easily than they can set it up in the first place. Yes, and we get asked this all the time. What happens when a child manages to
circumnavigate the controls. You have got to speak and educate them and it needs to be ona educate them and it needs to be on a personal level. If they have reached the age where they can circumnavigate. 0k, thank you very much, jonny pelter there. Mainland chinese stocks are trading higher following the yesterdays virus fuelled rout, with support coming from bargain buying and a huge injection of Central Bank Cash into financial markets. Lets go to our Asia Business hub where rico hizon is following the story. Rico, talk us through whats going on today . Very different picture to 2a hours before with yellow i know its a tale of two markets and a big sigh of relief for investors after plunge on monday in the chinese stock market. Rebounding after policymakers stressed they will stabilise markets amid the coronavirus outbreak, so both
the shanghai and shenzhen indices are in rocky territory. They pumped 22 billion us dollars into the banking system, provided banks with billions of dollars to lend to effective companies, and the government relaxed tariffs on goods imported for use in the virus fight including those from the united states. Chinas Economic Growth last year came in at 6. 1 , the slowest in around three decades, and economists are saying that if the virus last for a long period of time, First Quarter growth could fall to between 4 5 growth could fall to between 4 5 which could have a Significant Impact on global growth. Chinas economy now plays a much larger role compared to 70 years ago when sars hit the region, then. Now lets brief you on some other business stories the boss of air asia, tony fernandes, has agreed to step aside as allegations that the airline was paid 50m by airbus are investigated. Asias biggest Budget Airline says it vigorously rejects claims it was paid to buy 180 planes from the european manufacturer. Shares in the company fell as much as 11 on monday after malaysias Anti Graft Agency said would investigate the allegations. Shares in tesla have risen by almost 20 after market analysts at Argus Research significantly upped its valuation of the automaker. The price rise values the company at in excess of 140bn and cements its status as the worlds second most valuable car company ahead of volkswagen. Googles Parent Company has published details of its youtube and cloud
business for the first time, as the firms advertising business continues to slow. 0verall alphabet revenue increased by 17 year on year to 46bn the slowest rate in more than two years. Airlines, airports and other businesses involved in the uk Aviation Industry will publish plans today that they claim will allow them to reduce their Carbon Dioxide emissions to zero by 2050. Passenger numbers are expected to rise 70 over the same period. But according to the uk Sustainable Aviation coalition, emissions can still be cut using a combination of new technology, innovative fuels and so called market based measures, such as carbon offsets. Theo leggett reports. Flaying has never been more popular, but concerns are growing about its environmental
impact. Now the industry in the uk claims it can reduce Carbon Emissions effectively to zero while allowing passenger numbers to continue growing. While allowing passenger numbers to continue growinglj think the challenge is how can we deliver the benefits of aviation which we know people value, for the economy, trade, visiting friends and family, how can we do all of that but at the same time as reaching that zero . We have to do both things. There is no question technology is improving. If you look at the airbus, those engines are state of the art, much more efficient than previous models. At the end of the wing, that shark fin shape is responsible for saving fuel as well and all of this means that the aircraft as a whole is 20 more efficient than its predecessors and creates an awful lot less Carbon Dioxide. Further gains are expected to come from using different fuels. British airways is investing in a new refinery and lincolnshire stopping it will produce fuel from waste such as cooking oil and agricultural
residues. Biofuel is something we can pursue right now. We decided we have to commit to something that will provide results as quickly as possible. But these measures can only limit emissions stopping to get to zero, plan relies on offsetting. Environmental campaigners are not impressed. Technology has its place but it needs to be reliable and proven, the industry cant rely on things like biofuel, for instance, which the governments own advisers have said can be highly polluting. It also cant look to carbon offsetting in order to keep things business as usual. Whether or not its goals are realistic the industry is aware it needs to reduce its Carbon Emissions dramatically or risk having its wings clipped by regulators. Thats it for the Business Briefing this hour, dont go away, coming up
next, news briefing. A bbc documentary has discovered that the full implementation of universal credit will be delayed again until 2024 costing an additional 500 million pounds. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports. Universal credit is the biggest welfare reform in a generation. Six benefits of becoming one monthly payment, as there is more emphasis on getting a job. How much longer do need to be doing thisjob search how much longer do need to be doing this job search thing . Stress. He we got a little bit ofa stress. He we got a little bit of a problem. This senior
civil servant is responsible for making the benefit system works properly. Fewer people than expected have so far applied for universal credit. We got a lot of anecdotal evidence about people scared to come to universal credit. With more than 5 Million People still to be moved to universal credit, this man and his team are forced once more to delay the rollout. We would not com plete the rollout. We would not complete in september 2a, i would state that three, six, or nine months dont matter. Go safe, but the grants first, and i will take the beating. Universal credit is meant to simplify the benefits system, but people are typically waiting five weeks for the first payment have caused huge problems. This latest delay will add half £1 billion to the cost of the rollout. Universal credit has been blamed for the rise in use of food banks and leaving some people in debt. It
is now behind its original timetable and billions overbudget. But in their in government there is no plan b. They are completely committed to the new benefit. Labour says the new delay isnt borrowing from the government but they remain committed to universal credit. This is the briefing from bbc news. The latest headlines still no decision in iowa. The result of the caucus vote to select a democratic president ial candidate is delayed. China continues to struggle to contain the coronavirus outbreak, as the first fatality is confirmed in hong kong. Now its time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. We begin with the independent, who report the uk government has responded to last weekends
knife attack in london by announcing sweeping legal changes to prevent the automatic release of terrorist offenders. The Washington Post online, and the Iowa Caucuses are officially under way, where democratic and Republican Voters choose their preferred nominees for the white house race. This year there are 11 candidates running for the democratic nomination. 0n the front of the times, uk political journalists have boycotted a briefing at number ten downing street after one of uk Prime Minister Boris Johnsons aides banned selected reporters from attending. The daily mail says more and more children no longer watch live broadcast tv or listen to radio, and are turning instead to voice activated smart speakers such as alexa for their information and entertainment. Research also found under 16 year olds prefer talking to Digital Assistants when they need help with their homework. And finally, is this the ultimate Reusable Water Bottle for the environmentally conscious . Luxury brand chanel have launched a gold coloured water bottle with lambskin flask bag and gold chain, which is now on sale for the eye watering price of around 5,000. You would certainly want to reuse that, not a single use container there. With me is the political analyst and broadcaster henry bonsu. Lets start with that story in the independent, and it feels like, darei the independent, and it feels like, dare i say, something of a pattern. When a terror attack 01 a pattern. When a terror attack or something awful like this happens, the cry goes up lock them up for longer and that. It happening. It is never as simple as that, is it . It is never as simple as that. Who should we go to for advice . Maybe the independent reviewer of
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