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Test your school’s online safety filtering with the test filtering tool
SWGfL have set up Test Filtering, a tool to ensure that harmful online content is blocked from your school’s internet connection.
Story from: UK Safer Internet Centre
07 May 2020
Zoom hacker streams child sex abuse footage to Plymouth children
An online fitness class was hacked, prompting calls for greater security awareness
Story from: The Guardian
07 May 2020
'It absolutely haunts me'
What makes trolls so abusive on social media?
Story from: ITV News
04 May 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic, the need to safeguard children online cannot be understated
Social media giants won’t adopt the changes to online safety we need without them being written into law.
Story from: Politics Home
01 May 2020
Calls to Childline increase during lockdown
Michelle Green, NSPCC’s Channel Islands' representative, told ITV News that they are receiving multiple calls from children frightened about what the future holds.
Story from: ITV News
27 Apr 2020
Coronation Street tackles 'sexting' storyline
Coronation street celebrates 60 years this year, and one of the reasons for its success is it manages to keep up to date with current issues in everyday life.
Story from: ITV News
27 Apr 2020
Lockdown hampering removal of child sexual abuse material online
Number of web pages featuring abuse being removed has plummeted during pandemic
Story from: The Guardian
27 Apr 2020
Lonely children twice as likely to be groomed online, NSPCC warns
Children who are lonely and rely on social media are more than twice as likely to be groomed online, according to new research from the NSPCC.
Story from: ITV News
23 Apr 2020
Film Competition 2020
You can now enter the 2020 film competition from home
Story from: Childnet
23 Apr 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) - staying safe online
What you can do to stay safe online during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
Story from: Gov.uk
23 Apr 2020
Safeguarding and remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Story from: Department for Education
19 Apr 2020
How to support children online during #Covid19
While there is much we do not yet know about how children’s lives are being impacted by COVID-19, we offer some thoughts based on a snapshot of Global Kids Online findings, read from the vantage point of these difficult times.
Story from: Global Kids Online
16 Apr 2020
MPs call for action over expected rise in child sexual abuse during pandemic
More funding for children’s helplines urged as abuser ‘try to exploit Covid-19 crisis’
Story from: The Guardian
16 Apr 2020
TikTok - Is it safe to use? How to change privacy and security features on the app
MILLIONS of people across the country are turning to the internet to keep themselves entertained during the lockdown.
Story from: Hereford Times
14 Apr 2020
Dua Lipa calls on social media bosses to tackle “serious” cyber-bullying effects
Dua Lipa has opened up on the effects of cyber-bullying, calling on social media bosses to monitor their platforms “a little closer.”
Story from: NME
14 Apr 2020
Police target online sexual predators with new campaign
Police Scotland has launched a campaign targeting sexual predators who groom children online, with internet use rising during the virus lockdown.
Story from: BBC
14 Apr 2020
The schools open during lockdown: 'for some kids, it's the only safe place'
Alternative provision units are exempt from the UK’s Covid-19 closure - but teachers fear for vulnerable pupils as few come to class
Story from: The Guardian
14 Apr 2020
Mental health: An open letter to locked-down teenagers
Tes’ mental health columnist writes to adolescents who may be struggling with their wellbeing in the coronavirus crisis
Story from: TES
07 Apr 2020
Coping with anxiety during coronavirus
Tips for children and young people
Story from: tootoot
03 Apr 2020
Kids are online far more during coronavirus lockdown. Here is a guide to protecting them at each age
The NSPCC has warned that lockdown is prime time for child abuse online, as kids are online more and police are diverted elsewhere.
Story from: The Telegraph
03 Apr 2020
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