5 April 2019
By Rebecca Avery
Online Safety Briefing: Term 4 (March-April 2018-19)
This is the 2018-19 Term 4 (March-April) edition of the Kent Education Safeguarding Team’s Online Safety briefings, which aim to help Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) in educational settings keep up to date with emerging online safety issues, as well as resources and research.
The following links are not endorsed, controlled or promoted by The Education People. This briefing should not be shared or forwarded directly to children, young people or parents due to the sensitive and potentially distressing nature of some content.
Before sharing content that name specific apps or websites, we recommend DSLs access the following links:
Opportunities and Events:
- Childnet: ‘Film is a powerful way of educating others and yourself’ Why you should enter the Childnet Film Competition 2019
- National Cybersecurity Centre and LGfL: National Cyber Security Audit for Schools 2019
General Content
- Cybertrauma: The ‘human algorithm’ that schools and parents feed through fear concerning social media ‘trends’
- The Guardian: Schools, police and media told to stop promoting Momo hoax
- Net Family News: The Internet’s changing. Internet safety needs to too.
- BBC: Can you stop your parents sharing photos of you online?
- The Conversation: ‘It’s real to them, so adults should listen’: what children want you to know to help them feel safe
- TES: 'Schools should model mobile use, not ban them'
- Think U Know: How you can keep your under 7s safe online
- Childnet: Advice for schools on responding to online challenges
- PSHE Association: Warning against using 'Breck’s Last Game'
‘Addiction’ and Screen time
- The Conversation: Alone together: how mobile devices have changed family time
- BBC:
Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
- BBC:
- The Guardian: YouTube turns off comments on videos of children amid child safety fears
Cybercrime
- UK Safer Internet Centre: Check. Check again. - How to protect your school from email scams
- BBC: The teenage hackers who've been given a second chance
Gaming and Gambling
- BBC:
- The Guardian:
Information Governance, Privacy and Data
Mental Health
- The Conversation: Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social media
- The Guardian: Under-18s with mental health issues to be asked about their social media use
Professional Conduct
Radicalisation and Extremism
- BBC:
- The Conversation:
- The Guardian:
Sexting’, Pornography, Sexual Harassment and Relationships
- TES: ‘Let’s talk about sexting, consent and online relationships’
- BBC: How do your porn habits compare with young people across Britain?
- The Guardian: Adults only: the battle to keep online pornography from Britain’s children
Social Media and Technology
- Net Family News: The TikTok sensation
- The Guardian:
- BBC:
Trust and Reliability
- Wired: How to not fall for viral scares
- The Conversation: Momo challenge shows how even experts are falling for digital hoaxes
- BBC: Matter of fact-checkers: Is Facebook winning the fake news war?
Educational Content
Teaching Materials, Tools and Video
- BBC Newsround (KS2/3)
- Childnet:
Articles/Resources for Parent/Carers
- That’s Nonsense: A parent’s guide to surviving alarming Internet crazes
- Wired: I embraced screen time with my daughter—and I love it
- Childnet: From Stories to posts: How to spot advertising on Instagram
- The Conversation:
- Think U Know: