27 August 2022
Children moving to secondary school may change the way they use their online space.
This guide is designed to keep parents/carers and their children informed so they can stay safe online
Tagged with Safeguarding
24 August 2022
SWGFL has created the Test Filtering tool to ensure that school, public and personal internet connections are able to block out harmful online content.
04 August 2022
The talented gymnast and keen athlete was found with a ligature over his head at his home in Southend in April.
It's thought he was taking part in some sort of 'choking' or 'blackout' challenge; where children are encouraged to cut off oxygen until they pass out.
But it went tragically wrong, and the lack of oxygen left him with catastrophic brain injury.
29 July 2022
In June 2021 Ofsted concluded that the prevalence of child-on-child sexual harassment and abuse was so widespread that, for some, incidents are ‘so commonplace that they see no point in reporting them’ and ‘consider them normal’. SWGfL and The Marie Collins Foundation has created a support service for professionals working with children and young people in tackling harmful sexual behaviours, funded by the Home Office and in collaboration with the Department for Education.
19 July 2022
On Monday (18 July), a report was released by Bot Sentinel, a non-partisan website that uses AI to track and fight disinformation and targeted harrassment.
“We believe Twitter users should be able to engage in healthy online discourse without inauthentic accounts, toxic trolls, foreign countries, and organised groups manipulating the conversation,” their website reads.
The software studied more than 14,000 hashtags such as “#AmberHeardIsAnAbuser” and “#AmberHeardIsALiar”.
07 July 2022
Informaton from iNEQE
'What is Meet Up?Snapchat’s newest feature adds an extra layer to their existing Snap Map feature by allowing users to get directions to their friend’s exact location. It pairs with Apple Maps and Google Maps apps, which show how long it would take someone to walk, drive, or use public transport to reach the address. Essentially – with the click of a few buttons, anyone is able to gain access to your workplace, school, or home address and the fastest route to get there.'
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