Online Safety Briefing: Term 2 2017-18 #esafety

This is the 2nd edition of the Kent Education Safeguarding Team's Online Safety briefings covering Term 2 (November-December) 2017-18. The aim of these posts is to help Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) in educational settings keep up to date with of some of the emerging online safety issues and research which may be of interest. The following links are not endorsed, controlled or promoted by Kent County Council. This briefing should not be shared or forwarded directly to pupils or parents due to the sensitive and potentially distressing nature of some content. Before sharing content that names specific apps or websites, we recommend DSLs access the following :

• Online Safety Alert: Think before you scare
• Engaging parents in children’s use of apps
• UK Safer Internet Centre – Online Challenges: Advice for parents

National Updates

• DfE:
  • Sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges
  • Keeping children safe in education 2018 consultation 
• Intellectual Property Office: Illicit streaming devices
• ICO: Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Gov.uk: Children to be given extra protection online

Articles and Research

General

• TES:
  • Three important questions to ask children about online safety
  • 'Schools can't tackle online safety alone – parents need to take more responsibility and become digitally savvy'
• The Guardian: BBC launches Own It website to help under-12s navigate online risks
• BBC: France wants stricter child phone ban in schools
• Education Technology: Teachers want social media ethics taught in schools

Computer Misuse, Data Protection and Information Governance

• BBC:
  • Hacking the House: do MPs care about cyber-security?
  • Schools warned over hackable heating systems

Gaming and Gambling

• BBC:
  • Why Singapore is training professional gamers
  • Calls for Twitch to police 'sexual streaming'
  • Skin betting: 'Children as young as 11 introduced to gambling'
• The Guardian: 25,000 children in Britain are problem gamblers, report finds

Peer on Peer Abuse 

• Daily Mail:  NSPCC believes a third of child sex abuse cases are carried out by other children
• BBC:
  • Police investigate 17 child sexting cases a day
  • Manchester police face legal bid over teen's naked photo details
  • Cyberbullying: Mum's story of loss inspires prince to act
• Telegraph: Teenagers 'sext' to test whether they can trust each other, study finds
• The Guardian: Counselling for cyberbullying has doubled in five years 

Professional Conduct 

• TES: Assistant headteacher handed life ban for filming up the skirts of pupils

Reliability and Trust

• The Independent: Man who posted image of Muslim woman 'ignoring Westminster terror victims' was a Russian troll
• That's Nonsense: Trump retweets posts made by far-right Britain First deputy leader
• BBC:
  • Reality Check: BBC journalists enable young people to tell the difference between real and fake news

Self Esteem and Mental Health 

• Place2Be: Teens and tech: how to live well with smartphones
• Sky News: 'Selfitis' - People obsessed with taking selfies may have genuine condition, experts say
  • Study: An Exploratory Study of Selfitis and the Development of the Selfitis Behavior Scale

Sexual Abuse and Grooming

• BBC:
  • Online groomers more honest to victims, study finds
  • Child exploitation: Live streaming an 'urgent' threat
• The Guardian: Suicide prevention plan needed for child victims of 'sextortion'

Social Media and Technology

• BBC:
  • Smartphone use falls among young for first time
  • Facebook: Now for young children too
  • The five ways YouTubers make money
• The Guardian:
  • YouTube accused of 'violence' against young children over kids content
  • Don’t just teach kids to code – teach them to question Facebook and Google
• Official YouTube Blog: 5 ways we’re toughening our approach to protect families on YouTube and YouTube Kids
• The Conversation: Social networking sites may be controlling your mind – here’s how to take charge

Educational Content

Teaching Materials, Tools and Videos

• Online Safety Story Books  - Kent Blog Post updated for 2017 (EYFS/KS1/KS2)
• Childline: YouTube Channel (KS3/4)
• BBC: OwnIt  (KS2/3)
• CBBC: Anti-Bullying Week Content (KS2/3)
• Ditch the Label: 10 Ways To Be Mindful When You’re Addicted To Social Media (KS3/4)
• BBC Newsround: (KS2/3)
  • Fake News: Should you learn about it in school?
  • YouTubers on beating the bullies
  • Should celebs say sorry for past offensive comments?
  • Facebook / Instagram: Our responsibility to under-13s
  • Anti-Bullying Week: What is online bullying?
  • Online game streaming: How big a problem is bullying?
  • Social media companies promise to do more to protect kids online
  • Why are in-game purchases a problem for young people?
  • YouTube report function not properly protecting children
  • Facebook have launched a Messenger app just for kids
  • Donald Trump: Why everyone's talking about his retweets
  • Duke of Cambridge: "I have a duty to act on cyber bullying"
  • DanTDM tops 2017 YouTube rich list

Articles

• UK Safer Internet Centre: Delete or Deactivate – What to do with your old accounts
• Childnet: Online reputation – taking care of your digital footprint

Parent/Carer Content

• Barnardo's: 'Follow me' Campaign 
• UK Safer Internet Centre: Gaming – resources for parents and carers
• SWGfL: Parenting in a digital age: The real cost of online gaming
• Childnet: 6 Tips for having a conversation with your child about cyberbullying
• Parent Info: Live streaming – what you need to know
• Parent Zone: How much screen time is too much this Christmas?
• Think U Know: Live streaming: responding to the risks
• EE: EE partners with internet matters to keep children safe online this Christmas

NCA CEOP #WhoIsSam Campaign Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOu5BLGNG9c   Additional links to articles and resources can also be accessed via the Kent Online Safety Twitter feed.