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AI Solutions - This safety guide highlights potential risks such as inaccurate information, reinforcing stereotypes and what impact the technology might have on children’s creativity and problem-solving skills.
AI in the classroom- This guide explores the new technology of generative AI and provides you with advice for incorporating it into your classroom
AI virtual friends -This safety guide looks at ‘virtual friends’ – AI-powered companions that are proving popular with young people – and highlights what trusted adults need to be aware of.
Age Inappropriate Content - you'll find tips on helping children to avoid potential risks involving social media, gaming and adverts
Age Ratings (BBFC & PEGI) - this guide examines how ratings help to address a range of potential risks such as violence, sexual content and profanity.
Age Ratings-This guide an be used by adults to make an informed choice game is suitable for their child.
Amazon Alexa - This safety guide looks at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as privacy risks, age-inappropriate content and insecure devices.
Amazon Fire tablets -This online safety guide highlights a number of risks such as potential addiction, getting locked out of your device and faulty older models
Amigo- online safety guide highlights a number of risks such as inappropriate contact, strangers and membership costs.
Android Phone Parental controls - This safety guide suggests ways to avoid hazards such as sexting, talking to strangers and excessive use
Apex Legends- This guide examines Apex Legends. It outlines how to tackle a range of potential risks such as communication with strangers, violence and overspending.
App Store- This safety guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as inappropriate apps, overspending and fake reviews
Apple Device guided Access- This online safety guide gives step-by-step instructions for parents on how to set it up and how to switch it on.
Avakin Life-This safety guide highlights a range of potential risks such as in-game chat, adult themes and in-game spending.
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Back to school - This safety guide highlights tips such as how to spot fake news, reporting something offensive online and dealing with cyber-bullies.
Back to school- This safety guide highlights a number of tips such as thinking before posting, reporting upsetting content and avoiding screens late at night.
Be Green with Your Tech - This safety guide highlights a number of tips e.g. donating your old devices to charity, reusing your smart phones and recycling the batteries.
BeReal- This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as strangers, location sharing and visible personal data.
Brighten Someones Day Online – e.g. video calling, posting a kind comment or sharing a feelgood playlist.
Build a Better Digital World- e.g. prevent internet addiction, being aware of the dark side, and pressing ‘pause’.
Building Cyber Resillience at home - e.g. how to use a password manager, how to back up your data and how to check for breaches.
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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare - This guide looks at how to tackle a range of potential risks in the game, such as violent content, talking with strangers and addictive behaviour.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as graphic violence, cyberbullying and overspending.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - potential risks, including such as graphic violence and bad language, in-game payments and contact from strangers.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - potential risks such as offensive chat/messaging, in-game purchases and addiction.
Call of Duty: Warzone -potential risks such as gaming addiction, violent or adult themes and in-game purchases.
Catfishing- This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online grooming, fraud and identity theft.
Chatroulette- Chatroulette “pairs random users for webcam-based conversations”. with potential risks such as adult content, hacking and blackmailing scams.
Check in with your friends - e.g. sending nice messages, asking how you can help someone and being a good listener
Children's Devices - This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as location settings, fake profiles and screen addiction.
Clubhouse - potential risks such as adult content, lack of age verification and insufficient safety protocols.
Combating Online Bullying- This safety guide highlights a number of tipsabout your child’s online life and being prepared to listen without showing any judgement
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive -a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter game. This guide highlights potential risks such as violent content, pornographic images and possible addiction.
Cross Platform Sharing- safety guide highlights a number of risks such as accidental exposure, inappropriate language and unsuitable videos.
Cryptocurrency - This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as complex technology, scams and risky investments.
Cunch-Line Chronicles- This safety guide highlights potential risks e.g. addictive gameplay, in-app purchases and questionable themes
Cyber Crime- 10 top tips e.g. keeping children safe from cyber crime, including the importance of backing up your data & how to spot phishing bait etc.
Cyberpunk 2077- This safety guide highlights a range of potential risks in the game, such as extreme violence, adult themes and online multiplayer mode.
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Deep Web & the Dark Web -This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online predators, unmonitored access and inappropriate content.
Deepfakes- This safety guide addresses a range of potential risks such as fake news, pornography and fraudulent use.
Digital world: having respect online - Tips highlighting ways that adults can support young people’s positive online behaviours
Discord - This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as cyberbullying, predators and inappropriate content.
Disney+ - This safety guide examines the hugely popular streaming service for potential risks, giving advice on how to avoid them.
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EA Sports FC 24 - This safety guide highlights risks including addictive gameplay, abusive voice chats and expensive in-game purchases.
Ebay - potential risks such as off-site communication, as well as age-inappropriate and illegal items.
Echo Chambers – how they work; why they’re potentially harmful to impressionable young internet users; and what trusted adults need to know.
Email Scams - This safety guide focuses on email scams. It suggests ways to steer clear of a range of potential risks such as viruses, financial damage and personal safety.
Emergency SOS Call on Your iPhone - It’s important that you – and your children – learn how to operate your (or their own) phone’s emergency functions.
Emergency SOS Mode on Your Samsung- Hopefully, neither you nor your children will ever have the need to use a phone’s SOS features - but it’s not something that ought to be left to chance.
Emergency SOS on Your Google phone: Just a few taps of the screen can alert emergency services to your location in a matter of seconds.
Equality Online - 12 ways to champion equality online e.g. ‘pack mentality’, haters and discrimination.
Esports- This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as in-game purchases, inappropriate content and possible exploitation.
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FaceApp- This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online crime, access and copycat apps.
Facebook Messenger - This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as addiction, strangers and secret conversations
Facebook- This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as cyberbullying, strangers and the addictive nature of Facebook.
Fair Play & Friendly Competition- expert advice on how to encourage fair play and a healthy approach to competition among children and young people.
Fake News - This safety guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as embarrassment, harmful influences on people’s behaviour and negative emotions.
Family Rules for Using Devices- This guide offers expert advice on how to establish suitable, effective rules around the use of digital devices in your household.
Fifa 20- This guide tackles a range of potential risks such as gaming disorder, overspending and scams.
Fifa 21 - This safety guide highlights how to tackle a range of potential risks such as addiction, scams and in-game chat.
Fifa 23 - This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as age-inappropriate chat, scammers and addiction.
Final Fantasy XIV - How to keep players safe on this massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)
Fitness Trackers -This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as unhealthy obsessions, unrealistic expectations and data leaks.
Five Nights at Freddy's- This guide profiles Five Nights at Freddy’s: a suspense-filled horror game which has nevertheless attracted a relatively young fan-base.
Fortnite - This free guide provides expert insight into the risks associated with Fortnite, letting you know how to keep children safe while they play
Friends & Followers- What makes social media actually ‘social’ are the connections users make with other users on the platforms. This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online bullying and access to private information
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Gambling - This guide offers insight into the risks posed to children and young people by gambling and advises you on how to safeguard them effectively.
Games Consoles - this guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as the addictive nature of games consoles, inappropriate online content and online chat.
Gaming - 10 ways gaming can support positive outcomes. It highlights a number of potential benefits including a sense of achievement, learning about teamwork and encouraging creativity.
Gaming Disorder -This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as mental health, gambling problems and stress.
Gaming Streamers & Influencers - how to tackle a range of potential risks such as adult content, online bullying and online purchases.
Gaming to Gambling: Recognising the Signs e.g. excessive use of devices, spending money online without permission
Google Chromebook - This guide highlights a number of risks such as addiction, malware and your child having access to the internet at all times.
Grand Theft Auto - This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as violent content, profane language and playing with strangers.
Group Chats - This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as bullying, inappropriate content and unknown members.
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Hacking- this guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as theft of personal data, inappropriate content and breaking the law
Healthy Friendships - This guide explores friendships between children and young people, offering advice on how to help them nurture healthy relationships with one another.
Hell Divers 2- advice on how to safeguard younger players
Home Devices -This guide focuses on devices that many people regularly use at home. It looks at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as fraud, online grooming and cyberbullying.
Home Internet Controls - e.g. how to tackle a range of potential risks such as privacy & security, unrestricted access and harmful content.
Hoop - This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as grooming, visible location and the lack of age verification.
Horror Films - This guide explores the risks of children being exposed to horror films and other age-inappropriate content
Horror Games -This guide highlights a number of risks such as adult themes, psychological horror and violent content.
How parents and schools can engage online - seven simple strategies to help schools engage parents in online safety
How to Clean Devices - Tips such as not rubbing too hard when cleaning, regularly sanitising mobile devices and keeping hands and faces as clean as possible.
How to Manage What Your Child Watches on TV- how to tackle a range of potential risks such as unrated content, screen time and inappropriate material.
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Influencers - this safety guide looks at influencers and the ways that some of their content can affect young people’s self-esteem & attitudes
In-game chat - safety concerns associated with in-game chat functionality, and how to protect young players from these risks.
Instagram - This guide breaks down associated risks and advises on how best to mitigate them
iPads - It highlights possible hazards including the risk of age-inappropriate content, physical damage to the device and potential screen addiction.
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Keep Children safe Online: - This safety guide highlights a number of tips such as setting a screen time limit, setting a good example and limiting social audiences.
Kik - This is a free messaging app. This safety guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as online grooming, sexting and fake profiles.
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League of Legends - valuable tips such as how to monitor gameplay, how to disable in-game spending and how to spot possible signs of gaming addiction.
Leicestershire police:Online Drugs trade Safety guide - Looking specifically at the rise of the dark web and social media.
Lifestyle Sites- This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as body image issues, fake news and psychological tricks.
Likee- This guide addresses a range of potential risks such as online grooming, cyberbullying and inappropriate content.
Live Lessons - highlighting some things to consider such as your child’s conduct, communication with your child and their school, and the content of your child’s lesson.
Live Streaming- a hugely popular activity among young people that’s certainly not without hazards.
Location tracking - this guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as non-consensual monitoring, frequently visited locations and stalking.
Loneliness Online - This guide highlights a number of tips such as taking breaks, play single player games and listening to your favourite audiobooks.
Looking After your Wellbeing Online - e.g. going tech free before bed, avoiding comparisons with others and pausing before they post.
Loot Boxes & Skin Betting- This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as gambling, unregulated third-party communities and in-app purchases.
Loot Boxes - This guide highlights a number of risks such as addiction, scams and mounting costs.
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Managing device Stress & Anxiety - e.g. tips on reducing push notifications from apps, avoiding social media arguments and spotting when a child’s been upset by something online.
Metaverse- What you need to know about the metaverse to support with a number of risks such as anonymity, psychological impact and unsafe areas
Microsoft Teams - This guide examines a range of potential risks such as hackers, viruses and cyberbullying.
Microtransactions - This safety guide looks at microtransactions – those in-app or in-game purchases which can tempt young users into regular online spending.
Minecraft - This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as in-game purchases, addiction and chatting with strangers.
Money Muling-This guide highlights ways that trusted adults can help prevent young people to avoid being drawn into this illegal activity.
Monkey- This guide examines the video chat service Monkey, highlighting several risks and suggesting ways to minimise them.
Music Streaming Apps & Sites- In this guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as explicit content, adult-themed podcasts and chatting to strangers.
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NFTS- This guide highlights a number of risks such as IP theft, scams and financial loss.
Netflix- This guide highlights potential risks such as screen addiction, inappropriate content and hacking attempts.
New Devices Social media - 12 top Tips e.g. don’t accept friend requests from strangers, block online bullies, never share your personal information with people you don’t know.
New Devices: Setting them up- This guide includes tips such as adjusting the screen time settings, setting Windows limits and installing Xbox family settings.
New Devices: Staying safe- This guide highlights a number of tips such as double-checking your news sources, taking breaks from being online and not sharing personal information.
Nintendo Switch- This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as indecent images, overspending and inappropriate language.
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Oculus Quest- This guide looks at a range of potential risks such as seizures and motion sickness, physical injuries and concerns around over-use.
OmeTV- This guide explores the app’s functions, its inherent risks, and how to address them as a parent or carer.
Online Avatars - This guide focuses digital characters that look like their user without using an actual picture. It takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as grooming, catfishing and trolling.
Online Challenges- This guide highlights ways to tackle a range of potential risks such as mental wellbeing, physical harm and injury.
Online Content Conversation Starters - It considers approaches like cultivating a blame-free culture and getting children to talk about the risks.
Online Dating & Relationships - This safety guide breaking down the associated risks and letting you know how to stay safe on these platforms.
Online Fair Play: the Dos & Don'ts of Online Conduct - This guide highlights a range of potential risks such as online strangers & hurtful messages
Online Gaming: Moving from Policing to Parenting
Online Grooming - guide to help parents and carers protect their children from the increased risk of online grooming, including identification and available support.
Online Hoaxes -This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as spreading disinformation and taking dangerous advice
Online Trolling - The term “trolling” refers to sending hurtful or provocative comments. This guide details its risks & informs how to safeguard children from this harmful behaviour.
Online World this Christmas - e.g. video calling relatives, playing video games as a family and listening to your favourite seasonal songs online.
OnlyFans - this guide highlights potential risks such as explicit content, online grooming and potential financial costs.
Open Discussions about Digital Lives - ways that trusted adults can encourage open conversations e.g. Being as honest as possible and creating a ‘family agreement’
Overwatch 2 - This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as violent gameplay, in-game purchases and voice chat.
Overwatch- This guide gives advice on risks such as talking to strangers, mature content, in-app purchases and its addictive nature.
The Online Safety Act - This guide outlines the key points of the Online Safety Act, a major new piece of legislation which became law in the UK in October 2023.
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Palworld- This guide explores the risks it may pose to younger players and offers advice on how to let them enjoy this title safely.
Parental Controls for Andriod Apps - This guide contains tips on blocking app downloads, preventing auto-updates and restricting apps.
Parental Controls for iPhone Apps - A how to set up guide which includes tips on built-in apps, the game centre and app store purchases
Parental Controls to Protect Privacy | Android- This guide looks at managing app permissions, managing location settings and controlling access for third-party apps and sites.
Parental Controls to Protect Privacy | iPhone - This guide includes tips such as how to alter an iPhone's privacy settings and how to prevent changes to other settings and features.
Parental Controls: Limiting Age-Inappropriate Content on Android - A how to guide which suggests ways to avoid hazards such as sexting, talking to strangers and excessive use.
Parental Controls: Limiting Age-Inappropriate Content on iPhone - A how to guide which highlights potential risks such as age-restricted content, explicit websites and inappropriate search results.
Parental Controls: Setting Up New Devices - valuable advice on setting up new devices so that children can use them safely.
Parental Controls:Top Tips for Using & Reviewing -This guide provides expert advice on how to effectively activate and maintain parental controls on children’s devices.
Parenting Gamers:Moving from Policing to Parenting
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Sharing- This guide guide focuses on peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing: the process of transferring digital content, such as electronic books, music, or video clips from one user's device to another.
Phone Scams - A safety guide which highlights a number of risks such as sim hacking, smishing and impersonation.
Phishing - A safety guide which looks at potential risks such as loss of personal data, hackers and targeted phishing.
PlayStation 4- This safety guide addresses a range of potential risks such as screen addiction, online bullying and adult content.
PlayStation 5 - This guide examines a range of potential risks such as spending money online, age-inappropriate content and strangers on the internet.
Pokemon GO- This guide highlights a number of risks such as environmental hazards, strangers and data collection.
Pop Ups - This guide lets you know how to make children aware of this prominent marketing technique.
Protecting Personal Data- This guide looks at a range of potential risks such as sharing sensitive information, phishing attacks and social media visibility.
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Rec Room - This guide highlights potential risks such as online bullying, questionable connections and sexual content.
Reddit- This online safety guide focuses on Reddit. It highlights a number of risks such as harassment, trolling and fake news.
Remote Access & Remote Data Deletion- This guide outlines how to tackle a range of potential risks such as cyber-scams, hacking and privacy concerns.
Replika- This free online safety guide highlights a number of risks such as possible addiction, inappropriate content and in-app purchases.
Roblox- This free online safety guide highlights a number of risks such as online daters, in-app purchases and contact with strangers.
Rocket League- This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as scams, inappropriate online interactions and increased screen time.
Rumble - This safety guide profiles Rumble, a video-sharing platform which features some outspoken influencers and, frequently, uncompromising political views.
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Sadfishing- This guide highlights a range of potential risks such as oversharing, cyberbullying and online grooming.
Safe & Healthy Online Habits - This free safety guide looks at cultivating safe & healthy habits in our online lives.
Screen Addiction- This safety guide looks at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as possible damage to health and wellbeing, app addiction and a lack of sleep.
Screen Zombie- This online safety guide examines how to tackle a range of potential risks involving mental wellbeing, screen addiction and potential grooming.
Screengrabs- This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as privacy breaches, fraud and reputational damage.
Search Engines- This guide guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as bypassing SafeSearch, inappropriate content and misleading information.
Sendit- This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as bullying, harassment and grooming.
Setting up Apps, Games & Software - This guide includes tips such as disabling in-app purchasing, taking note of age ratings and watching out for imitators.
Sexting- This free online safety guide highlights potential risks such as online blackmail, bullying and breaking the law.
Share Kindness Online- This guide includes suggestion like reaching out, thinking before commenting and recommending fun things.
Sharing Intimate Images- This guide highlights the risks of exposure to the sharing of intimate images online, and details how best to safeguard young people from this practice.
Sharing Photos Online - This guide explores sharing photos on social media – and what we should consider in avoiding possible harm.
Shopping Platforms- This guide explores the potential pitfalls of shopping apps, offering advice on how to use these services more safely.
Signal - (previously known as TextSecure) This guide outlines potential risks such as a false sense of security, vulnerability to hackers and disappearing messages.
Smartphone Online Safety Tips - 2 safety tips e.g. how to tackle a range of potential risks such as screen time, password protection and privacy settings.
Smartwatches- This online safety guide examines potential risks such as location tracking, causing distractions at school and the danger of theft.
Smartphone Safety Tips for Young People - tips to stay safe while enjoying using their device
Snapchat - This online safety guide highlights a number of risks such as sexting, visible location and contact from strangers.
Social Bots - This safety guide highlights a number of risks such as cyberbullying, extortion and astroturfing.
Social Media & Mental Health- This online safety guide highlights a number of tips such as how to hide content, setting daily limits and discussing what children have seen online.
Social Media Scams - This online safety guide highlights common risks including phishing scams, untrustworthy URLs and 'payment first' scams.
Social Pressures: Appearance- This guide examines a range of potential risks such as filters, 'airbrushing' and damage to self-esteem
Social Pressures: Friends & Followers -This guide addresses a range of potential risks such as fake friends, friend envy and being followed by strangers.
Social Pressures: Influencers -This guide looks at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as body image, bad habits and unrealistic role models
Social Pressures: Likes -This guide looks at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as damage to self-esteem, addiction and competitiveness.
Sports Betting- This guide highlights how to tackle a range of potential risks such as underage gambling, addiction and a negative impact on mental health.
Spotify- This guide highlights potential risks including age-inappropriate lyrics, an audio chat function and recent reports of predatory activity.
Spotting Ads on Social Media- This guide highlights a number of tips such as paying attention to the account name, studying the hashtags for clues and being savvy with high numbers of likes and shares.
Squid Game -This guide highlights a number of risks such as inappropriate content, viral spin-offs and scene re-enactments.
Stay Safe Online- this guide highlights a number of tips such as reporting bad behaviour online, making time for other hobbies and not giving out personal information.
Steam - This guide highlights a number of risks such as potential scams, contact with strangers and in-app purchases. Description
Streaming - This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of possible risks such as online scams, malware risks and the potentially addictive nature of streaming sites.
Stronger Passwords -This guide has some useful tips on setting stronger passwords, including how to get creative, what to avoid, and the value of multi-factor authentication.
Suggested Safer Apps and Games for Children- This guide suggests safer apps and games for children, taking into account factors such as age-in appropriate content, age ratings and more.
Supporting Children: Going Back to School -This guide offers insight into the challenges faced by children returning to school and how best to provide support to young people transitioning back to education
Supporting Children: Manage Conflict Effectively- This guide offers expert advice on how to help children and young people avoid disputes arising between one another, and how to resolve them in an effective way when they do occur.
Supporting Children: to Build Emotional Resilience - This guide provides expert advice on how to nurture self-esteem in children and young people and help them to effectively process difficult feelings.
Supporting Children: to Deal with Upsetting Content- This guide gives you tips on ways to sensitively address upsetting news content that children may have seen online.
Supporting Children: to Express Themselves Safely Online- This guide includes a range of tips such as celebrating their identity, supporting their interests and enabling emotional expression.
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Tackle Online Hate Together- This guide has tips on talking to trusted adults about upsetting subjects & remembering that you have the power to shape your online world.
Tech-Free Christmas -This guide highlights a number of tips such as making your own Christmas decorations, baking festive treats and going for a winter walk.
Tech-Related Communication- This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as a false sense of security, hidden messages and impacts on your child’s mood.
Telegram - This guide highlights potential risks including a lack of age verification, inappropriate content and cyber-bullying.
Tellonym - This guide includes useful advice on protecting your child’s mental health, keeping personal profiles private and being alert to the danger of online grooming.
TextMe -This guide looks at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as predators, visible location and in-app purchases.
TikTok- This guide highlights a number of risks such as age-inappropriate content, dangerous challenges and contact with strangers.
Torrent Sites-Theseare sites on the internet where visitors can upload, share and download files. This guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as legal issues, hackers and malware.
Triller- This guide outlines potential risks such as mature content, cyberbullying and unauthorised sharing of your child’s videos.
Twitch- This guide highlights a number of risks such as inappropriate content, private chat rooms and contact from strangers.
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WeChat- This guide highlights potential risks such as adult content, contact from strangers and alleged drug dealing.
Webcams-This guide profiles a range of potential risks such as hackers, malware and increased visibility to strangers.
Wink- This guide highlights a number of risks such as grooming, cyberbullying and inappropriate content.
Wizz- This guide highlights potential risks such as catfishing, explicit content and “sextortion”,
World of Warcraft- This guide highlights a number of risks such as the potential for online addiction, in-game purchases and simulated violence.
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X - This guide highlights the major changes since its rebrand from Twitter and the related online safety risks.
Xbox One - This guide highlights potential risks such as cyberbullying, inappropriate content and screen addiction.
Xbox Series X|S - This guide addresses a range of potential risks such as age-inappropriate games, online interactions and in-game spending.
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YouTube- this guide highlights a number of risks such as connecting with strangers, inappropriate content and high visibility.
YouTube Kids- This guide highlights a number of tips such as disabling the search option, restricting viewing time and monitor the watch history.
Yubo- This guide highlights a number of risks such as cyberbullying, inappropriate content and flimsy age gates.