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This exploratory research with a qualitative approach retrieves recent prominent threats involving children and adolescents on the internet during Covid-19 pandemic by searching occurrences on the digital journalistic production for a systematic review on news articles and blogs indexed by online databases. We found 45 cyber threats and classified them based on scientific literature. After, we proposed a taxonomy to help to identify, report and treat the occurrences and improve cybersecurity and cyber safety. This taxonomy aims to be a contribution to education in the post-pandemic world. © 2022 IEEE.
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In this paper, we report on the design and development of a collaborative application for mobile devices, built by elementary and undergraduate students, whose goal was to help comply with Covid-19 protocols on the occasion of the resumption of face-to-face classes in schools in the city of Macaé, in Rio de Janeiro. Collective intelligence guided both the problem-solving activity (application construction) and collective inspection by students (application use) of the actions needed to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. © 2022 IEEE.
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This was a cross-sectional, anonymous, online survey aimed at assessing the perceptions and basic knowledge of COVID-19, a highly transmissible disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, in a sample population in the Triângulo Mineiro region, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A questionnaire devised by the researchers and distributed through social media was applied between June 16, 2020 and August 21, 2020. The survey consisted of questions about the basic aspects of COVID-19, which included symptoms, risk groups, suspicion of infection, prevention, transmission, and perception regarding social isolation. The average distribution, frequencies, similarities and differences between the responses for the different variables were evaluated. Five hundred twenty valid responses were obtained from participants aged ≥18 years. Most of the respondents showed satisfactory basic knowledge of COVID-19. Moreover, the data showed that the participants scored an average of 87.6%. Sex, age, and socioeconomic vulnerability presented a statistically significant link with knowledge of the disease;women, young participants, and the least socioeconomically vulnerable had the highest scores. This study indicated that the population in the Triângulo Mineiro region able to access social networking platforms were basically well informed regarding COVID-19, although differences were observed depending on the group analyzed. © 2021 Brazilian Society of Parasitology. All rights reserved.