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Read MoreWhatsApp Now Allows Under 13's
Published 27/03/26WhatsApp has been a significant concern for many schools, particularly chat groups where predominantly low level issues suddenly escalate. Last week, in another completely unexpected move, WhatsApp announced that children under 13 can
Read MoreFor Parents - What is LooksMaxxing?
Published 27/03/26With the concerns of toxic masculinity and misogynistic attitudes increasing, parents should be aware of related behaviours. Looksmaxxing isn't specifically related to misogynistic attitudes, but it can be related to mascul
Read MoreOnline Safety March
Published 20/03/26Virtual Private Network A Virtual Private Network (VPN) helps make your connection between a device and the internet more secure and can help protect personal information and add privacy. However, whilst a VPN has benefits, it is important that yo
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Published 11/03/26For Parents - YouTube Kids One of the biggest frustrations I hear from parents of younger children is that the content on YouTube Kids is too childish or the content isn't what their children want to watch. The end result is that only a tiny m
Read MoreYouTube Safety Update: New Parental Controls
Published 05/03/26YouTube have published their latest update on how parents can support their child on YouTube. YouTube will now allow parents to set the amount of time viewing Shorts – this can even be set to zero. YouTube Shorts are short videos, usually less
Read MoreMobile phones: do you know the risks?
Published 05/03/26We know that children having access to a smartphone can expose children to risks including: • Viewing inappropriate content • Excessive screen time/use, which in turn can affect their mental health and sleep pattern. •&n
Read MoreWhat parents need to know about Whatsapp
Published 27/02/26
Read MoreTiktok
Published 13/02/26https://support.tiktok.com/en/account-and-privacy/account-privacy-settings/privacy-and-safety-settings-for-users-under-age-18 Family Pairing Family Pairing allows you to link your own account to your child’s account. You can
Read MoreFor Parents - Google Family Link
Published 11/02/26For children with Android devices, Google Family Link is a great way for parents to set restrictions. Last week Internet Matters released a brand new YouTube video showing how to set up Google Family Link to customise content and screen tim
Read MoreLemon8 App
Published 05/02/26Lemon8 is an app which seems to be growing in popularity. Calling itself a 'lifestyle community' app the terms and conditions, as per most social media, is 13+. The company which owns Lemon8 is ByteDance, who also own TikTok and it's esse
Read MoreParental control videos
Published 05/02/26Internet Matters uploaded 3 new short videos onto YouTube, each focussing on parental controls for YouTube, Roblox and TikTok, the links are: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hskr4KnSKJE * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkMuSv0rRWw