This toolkit can help support parents and carers of any age child to:
- Start discussions about their online life,
- Set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use,
- Find out where to get more help and support.
All websites on which pornographic material can be found, including social media platforms, must introduce "robust" age-checking techniques such as demanding photo ID or running credit card checks for UK users by July.
Read the full story here
Having open and honest conversations with you family is sometimes hard.. we all know that!
Sarah Beeny (English presenter and entrepreneur) has a great new podcast out called 'Seriously!?' where she chats with her two eldest sons about all sorts of things ranging from Only Fans sites to Sexting.
Give it a listen whilst walking the dog.. or walking with your children!
Channel 4 has commissioned Swiped: The School that Banned Smartphones, a landmark two-part documentary series, produced by BOLDPRINT Studios, which will tackle the timely issue of the impact of smartphones on children’s behaviour with a pioneering social experiment.
Watch it here - https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-orders-two-part-special-swiped-school-banned-smartphones-boldprint-studios
The
Guardian has published a news story on the introduction of new measures on
Roblox aiming to improve protection for children on the online gaming platform.
Updates include greater parental controls allowing parents to monitor their
children’s activity on the platform; adjustments to built-in limits around how
children under 13-years-old can communicate with others; and changes to content
warning labels.
Read
the news story: Roblox
to give parents more control over children’s activity after warnings over
grooming
See
also on NSPCC Learning
> Online
safety resources