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
Thank you to those that attended the Lower Fifth Parent Carousel on Saturday. Please see the power point that Andrea and Sue delivered along with the powerful video on 'Sharenting'
Instagram is overhauling the way it works for teenagers, promising more "built-in protections" for young people and added controls and reassurance for parents.
The new “teen accounts” are being introduced from Tuesday 24th Sept in the UK, US, Canada and Australia.
The
BBC has published a news story on Meta’s plans to put child users into new
“teen accounts” on Instagram. The change means parents should have more control
over their children’s activities and aims to help address youth safety issues
online.
Read
the news story: Instagram
boosts privacy and parental control on teen accounts
This is a very interesting article from Psychology Today, a site we use a lot. Please do take a look -