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Friday, December 11, 2009 12:44 PM

New Facebook Privacy Settings

Did you know about the New Facebook Privacy Settings? Facebook have recently ‘revamped' their Privacy Settings which they say will enable users to have more control over the information they share and post online. These changes include: A "simpler"...
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Monday, December 07, 2009 1:18 PM

New educational film for parents - "Not knowing's not enough"

Orange have launched a new e-Safety education video for parents called "Not knowing's not enough". The video considers the fears and concerns that parents and carers (indeed many adults) have about the internet and could be a fantastic starting...
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Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:29 PM

Ofcom: Young people want advice about online privacy and new Parental Guides available

Young People and Privacy Ofcom today published research showing 54 per cent of 11-16 year olds in the UK say young people need advice about how to keep their personal information online private. Many children and young people also believe that information...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:30 AM

myguide: Building parents’ and carers’ confidence online

Children's Minister Delyth Morgan yesterday launched a new facility on myguide , a free and easy-to-use tool to help parents and carers catch up with their children when it comes to the Internet. "myguide" helps provide the next step in...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:54 AM

Childnet Kidsmart website launches new “Skills School”

Childnet have launched new "How to guides" for young people, teachers and parents on their Kidsmart Website. The " Skills School " features brief video clips with voice-overs explaining how to use safety features of websites and services...
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Monday, May 11, 2009 1:53 PM

The Big Stand - take a stand against Cyberbullying

Beatbullying is asking every every person in the UK, young people and adults, to stand up at 10am on Thursday 14 May, as a national sign of defiance against bullying and cyberbullying and in solidarity with the millions of young people being bullied and...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:09 PM

Becta’s “Oh, nothing much” report

The majority of parents say that they don't know as much about their child's day at school as they would like too, according to the " Oh, Nothing Much report " commissioned by Becta to support its Next Generation Learning campaign. The...
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Monday, April 06, 2009 4:34 PM

Connect Safely's Top Tips to prevent Sexting

Connect Safely have launched some top tips to protect teens from ‘ Sexting' which can be found here The advice is aimed at both parents and teen and looks at the legalities, effects and consequences sexting can have both now and on young people's...
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Friday, March 27, 2009 9:39 AM

UK Council for Child Internet Safety launches working groups

On March 26th 2009 Children's Minister Delyth Morgan announced the membership for four groups of professionals tasked with taking forward the work of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS). Formed in September 2008, UKCCIS is a forum of...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:27 PM

Generation "sexting"

90 young people in UK "have been cautioned as a result of posting sexual material of themselves or their underage friends online or on their mobile phones," the Daily Mail reports. This phenomena known as "Sexting" is becoming increasingly...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:02 PM

Are today's young people raised in Captivity?

Dr Tanya Byron - author of the 2008 Byron Review into child safety on the Web and when using videogames - has stated that the risk-averse society we are currently living in is keeping children cooped up at home on a "global playground" called...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:47 AM

New support for Children and Young People experiencing Cyberbullying

New websites and support have been launched this month with the aim of supporting the increasing numbers of young people experiencing Cyberbullying. One in five 11-16 year olds in the UK say they have experienced cyberbullying and three quarters say they...
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Friday, February 06, 2009 11:46 AM

Free Online E-Safety Games Available

To help promote European Safer Internet day on the 10th February , the North West Learning Grid have created some e-safety games. They are free to use for anyone that wishes to do so and are aimed at Primary and Secondary pupils as well as parents/carers...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:38 AM

Is time spent online wasted?

A 3 year long project by American researchers exploring how kids use digital media in their everyday lives has been published as the " Digital Youth Project ". The "Kids' Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic Investigation...
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Monday, September 29, 2008 8:09 PM

UK Council for Child Internet Safety launched

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) has been launched today wth the aim to help protect children from "harmful" web content, such as cyber-bullying and violent video games. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety wants to work...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:41 AM

New Social Networking site launched for Parents of Teenagers

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Parentline Plus has launched a new social networking site aimed at parents of teenagers. It has been funded by the government and also runs a 24-hour helpline. Gotateenager is a "social networking...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:23 AM

Children avoiding age restrictions on Social Networking Sites

Nearly a quarter of children between the ages of 8 and 12 are dodging the age restrictions imposed by social networking sites such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace. A recent poll suggests that from these results, more than 750,000 children could be illicitly...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:40 AM

Kitemark for Child Safety Online

A new "Kitemark for Child Safety Online has been launched with the Home Office and Ofcom to provide consumers - especially parents - reassurance that their children will not be subjected to undesirable web content." Becta have played a key role...
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Friday, June 27, 2008 10:51 AM

Are Children the only ones who need advice on staying safe?

Children in Sweden are reportedly embarrassed and concerned about what their parents get up to on the Internet, according to a report from the Barnens Rätt i Samhället (Children's Rights in Society). BRIS reported a rise in complaints to 1,895 in...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:42 AM

DCSF publishes action plan to implement Byron Recommendations

Yesterday, 24th June 2008, the Government published an action plan detailing how the recommendations from March 2008s Byron Review will be implemented. The report was published by Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan, Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker and...
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Friday, May 30, 2008 2:57 PM

Free Online Introduction to Internet Safety for Parents

UK Online centres have launched a new website aimed at teaching parents online safety, myguide . You can find your nearest UK Online centre here . Currently there are no UK Online centres here in Kent, however that doesn't mean you can't register...
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Friday, April 04, 2008 9:46 AM

New Home Office Proposals on Internet Safety

The Home Office has made today new recommendations to improve safety for children on the internet. The package of new guidelines was developed in consultation with children's charities and social networking websites. It calls for Social Networking...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:56 AM

The Byron Review

A six month study which announces the first national strategy for child internet safety has been set out in a report for government today by Dr Tanya Byron named as "Safer Children in a Digital World" The report argues that the government and...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:14 AM

Todays Children are being "raised online"

A recent report by the Institute for Public Policy Research ( IPPR) ahead of the impending Byron review , which will be offical released later today, has uncovering some interesting figures about how much time and access today’s youth has to the internet...
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:59 AM

I.T Girls?

A recent study from Tescos Computers for Schools has shown that girls may now be ahead of boys when it comes to technology and its use in today’s society. It was an independent study completed by Tickbox research on behalf of Tesco, and the total survey...
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