Keeping children safe online

A Parent’s Guide to Social Media

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With social media you can send messages, share pictures, videos and chat with people all over the world. … but who are you connecting with? Anyone can use the Internet. Not everyone is who they say Read more…

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A Parent’s Guide to Sharing Pictures

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Think before you share Using social media, videos, web cam, live streaming and texting, young people are sharing more and more images of themselves, from an early age. Sending an image means it can be shared Read more…

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A Parent’s Guide to Gaming

Gaming can be real fun and help develop some great skills. They are designed by the best minds to hook in children and become addictive. But for many parents, it seems like a foreign world. Each Read more…

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A Parent’s Guide to Live Streaming

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What is live streaming? Live streaming is the broadcasting of real-time, live video to an audience over the Internet. It is highly popular with young people as it presents the chance for them to be a Read more…

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A Parent’s Guide to Online Grooming

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Some people try to use the Internet, social media and gaming to groom children and young people. What is online grooming? Grooming is about building a relationship using lies and nice words to gain a person’s Read more…

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A Parent’s Guide to Online Influencers

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What is an online influencer? It is a person who has a large number of people following them online through gaming and social media. You may hear an online influencer commonly referred to as either a Read more…

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A Parent’s Guide to Fake News

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What is Fake News? “Fake news” is made up news. The information is false, an invention, a lie. It takes the appearance of real news to trick people into thinking it is true. Fake news can be used Read more…

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A Parent’s Guide to Privacy Settings

Parental Controls and Privacy Settings Your Internet provider will provide parental controls to allow you to restrict access to the Internet on your home wi-fi network. They can be very effective tools to help reduce the Read more…

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