Buying technology this Christmas?

Wed 18 December 2013

Read our tips to help keep children safe. This Christmas day, many children will be asking their parents for tablets, games consoles and smartphones. It has been a busy year for technology; with new consoles like the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, as well as cheaper-than-ever tablets, which look set to further increase the take up of tablets, which has already tripled in the last year . But are...
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Join the SID2014 Thunderclap

Tue 17 December 2013

Register now to join mass tweet campaign for Safer Internet Day. Safer Internet Day is a great oppportunity for all of us to raise awareness about staying safe online. Last year, the Safer Internet Day Campaign trended on Twitter in the UK – and we want to do the same again for #SID2014! To help us kick start a day of trending in the UK, why not join our Thunderclap? By signing up to the...
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Prime Minister hosts internet safety summit

Mon 18 November 2013

The Prime Minister has today hosted a summit at Downing Street where he has welcomed the progress made by Internet Service Providers and leading search to better protect children from harmful material online and block child abuse and other illegal content, but has warned that there is still more to do. Speaking ahead of the event, the Prime Minister has said the internet search engines in...

Our top tips on privacy for Facebook's Graph Search

Tue 05 November 2013

Today, Facebook announced the roll-out of Graph Search for UK English users of Facebook. Graph Search will give Facebook users greater ability to share and search so it will have an impact on your privacy - the information you and others can share and find about you. Our partners Childnet have put together a series of useful tips to help you manage your privacy. Tip 1: Check you are happy with...

ChildLine and the Internet Watch Foundation form new partnership to help young people remove explicit images online

Thu 17 October 2013

Action taken as new survey reveals 60 per cent of young people have been asked for a sexual image or video and 40 per cent have created an image or video of themselves. ChildLine and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) are joining forces to ensure young people of 17 years and under know where to turn to get sexually explicit images removed from online. The partnership comes as a result of a...
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Today is Ada Lovelace Day

Tue 15 October 2013

Tuesday 15th October is Ada Lovelace Day. Ada Lovelace Day celebrates the achievements of Ada Lovelace – the first computer programmer – as well as the achievements of women across science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). It aims to provide inspiring role models and motivate the next generation of women to get involved in STEM subjects. Ada Lovelace is credited with creating the first...

No Hate Speech Movement: Explained

Wed 02 October 2013

The No Hate Speech Movement is a Council of Europe initiative to raise awareness of hate speech online, and to combat it. The campaign website has all information regarding the Movement, its aims, outcomes and news about what is happening. You can watch the campaign video too. The No Hate Speech Movement provides a space for young people to talk about and react against hate speech online. Through...

New research concludes that most teachers don’t have access to basic Internet Safety training

Wed 18 September 2013

Based on data from over 3,000 schools, the report discloses the strength and weaknesses of wider e-Safety provision in schools in the UK. It concludes that the strongest aspects are still ‘policy and filtering’, whilst consistently the weakest area is still staff training. This report uses evidence from schools using the multi award winning 360 degree safe self review tool and also concludes that...

UKSIC joins call to bring sex education into the internet age

Fri 06 September 2013

This week, leading SRE experts have been calling on the UK government to update the teaching guidance for sex and relationships education. At the UK Safer Internet Centre, we are calling on David Cameron to support and prioritise the update of the teaching guidance for SRE. It was published in 2000 but over the last decade we have seen an explosion in the use of digital technologies and social...

Are you 'Back To School' ready?

Thu 05 September 2013

Childnet's Back to School page containing selected resources for staff, parents and pupils is now live and accessible from the landing page, or at: http://www.childnet.com/teachers-and-professionals/back-to-school
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