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Safeguarding Guidance Including Online Safety
App Safety Settings For Parents
With the Online Safety Act now in force, there is a lot of focus and scrutiny on tech companies, their features and safety settings, particularly safety settings failures. However, that shouldn't detract from the fact that safety settings are important; they're not perfect and never will be, but they are there for a reason. By clicking on the links below, you will be able to access step-by-step guides to the settings/controls of some of the more popular social apps.
- Discord app settings - HERE.
- TikTok parental controls - HERE.
- Snapchat parental controls - HERE.
- Instagram parental controls - HERE.
- Pinterest privacy and safety settings - HERE.
- FaceTime privacy and safety settings - HERE.
- WhatsApp privacy guide - HERE.
For online safety guidance, please click on the following links:
Internet Matters - Games Consoles for Children
How to Understand Social Media Algorithms
Introducing Instagram Teen Accounts: Built-in Protection for Teens, Peace of Mind for Parents
Parent Zone - How to Deal with Online Scams
Crimestoppers - What is Fearless
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Definition of child-on-child abuse
Inappropriate behaviours between children that are abusive in nature including physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, exploitation, sexual harassment, all forms of bullying, coercive control, hazing/initiation rituals between children and young people, both on and offline (including that which is within intimate personal relationships).
Adapted from Keeping Children Safe in EducationKeeping Children Safe in Education
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