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Free Online Safety Guide:
What Parents Need to Know About Online Grooming
It would be no exaggeration to state that children’s internet usage will have soared during the coronavirus lockdown. However, with increased use unfortunately comes increased risk and many experts and leading authorities in the media are warning of the dangers around online grooming. That’s why we’ve created this guide to help parents and carers understand exactly what online grooming is all about.
Read on to get your free guide and to catch up on the latest online safety news.
Online grooming can cause irreversible damage and with more and more children looking to explore the online world through different social media apps and gaming platforms, it’s not hard to meet someone you don’t know. So, what should parents look out for? What are the signs? And what can be done to help protect children? Find out with this guide.
Created by online safety and social media expert, Jonathan Taylor, this guide aims to give parents a starting point for advice and support around online grooming. As always, the guide also provides a number of useful tips for parents and carers to consider to help keep their children safe online. Click the button below to access your free guide now.
Your Online Safety News
This week we’ve included news of the Met Police warning there will be an increase in child abuse cases during lockdown, app stores approving a test form of the NHS coronavirus tracing app and YouTube’s biggest star returning back to the platform.
Popular Google games return to keep people entertained during lockdown
Google has brought back its most popular Doodle games to keep people entertained through coronavirus lockdowns. The feature began on the 27th April.
PewDiePie signs exclusive live-streaming deal with YouTube
Gaming star PewDiePie has signed an exclusive deal to live-stream on YouTube, after switching to rival platform Dlive in 2019.
Coronavirus: Online child abuse will increase during lockdown after 45 arrests in a month, police warn
Police have warned online child abuse is set to rise after 45 people were arrested and nearly 100 children safeguarded across London in the first month of lockdown.
App stores approve UK contact-tracing app for test
A test form of the NHS’s coronavirus contact-tracing app has been posted to Apple and Google’s App stores, with Isle Of Wight council and healthcare staff invited to install it initially.
GoDaddy confirms data breach: What 19 million customers need to know
The world's largest domain registrar, GoDaddy, with 19 million customers, has disclosed a data breach impacting web hosting account credentials.
Tumblr now removes reblogs in violation of its hate-speech policy, not just the original posts
Tumblr is changing how it deals with hate speech on its blogging platform, now removing the reblogs from any blogs that were excluded for violating its policies around hate speech.
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We believe all parents, carers, teachers and trusted adults should be empowered with the all the information needed to have informed and age-appropriate conversations about online safety with children. That's why, every Wednesday, we produce practical, easy to follow guides which focus on specific risks we think you need to be aware of.
Is there a game, app or social network you would like us to cover? If so, please get in touch with us at hello@nationalonlinesafety.com any time.
