Moroccan Parents: Only 25% Differentiate AI Content

A study conducted by Kaspersky in partnership with the Moroccan Center for Multi-Technology Research and Innovation (CMRPI), involving 1,064 Moroccan parents and guardians and presented on Thursday in Casablanca, revealed that only 25% of Moroccan parents are able to distinguish content produced by artificial intelligence, while 67% of their children use the tools of this technology on an almost daily basis. A digital divide between two generations The study shows that 81.4% of Moroccan parents express concern about the content they view Their children are online, and 74.9% of them specifically fear fake news and fake videos (Deepfakes). Despite this concern, 46.7% of parents do not have any parental control tool on their children's devices, amid growing concerns globally about the dangers of artificial intelligence on the most vulnerable groups. According to the study data, 44.9% of Moroccan children have their own smartphone, and 36.7% of them spend between one and two hours a day in front of screens. YouTube is at the forefront of children's uses by 55.3%, followed by WhatsApp by 40%, then electronic games by 36.2%, artificial intelligence tools by 34.9%, and Instagram by 31.7%. 21.1% of parents reported that their children had at least one online incident, while 45.1% were not directly informed by their children of these incidents. Why it matters The authors of the study point out that the trust that parents give to their children does not mean ensuring their self-protection, nor can it automatically extend to include protection from external online actors. This Warning Although 92.3% of Moroccan parents confirm that they regularly talk to their children about the use of digital tools. The study links this gap to a broader educational reality, as its data indicate that 51% of Moroccans over the age of 50 are illiterate, which limits the ability of a large part of parents to keep pace with the digital tools on which their children grow up. These results come at a time when Morocco continues to download its national digital literacy program launched in 2025, along with the expansion of the “e-Hemaya” platform For electronic protection, but it has not yet reached, according to the study, the least digitally capable groups.