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How to stay safe on Snapchat: What parents need to know
Learn more about the platform, how it works, the data it collects and more to help keeps teens safe on ...
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What is Rec Room? What parents need to know
Rec Room is a free cross-platform multiplayer video game gaining in popularity. Learn about it to help keep kids safe ...
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What is 4chan and why is it controversial?
Launched in 2003, 4chan is an established imageboard website with 20 million visitors monthly and 900,000 new posts per day. ...
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What is the Threads App from Instagram?
Originally launched in 2019, the relaunched Threads app offers users a Twitter-like experience with easy links to Instagram. Here's what ...
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What are algorithms? How to prevent echo chambers and keep children safe online
Algorithms are an important part of social media feeds, but they can create echo chambers. These echo chambers lead to ...
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What are cryptocurrencies and NFTs?
To help keep young people safe as they navigate the popular world of cryptocurrencies and NFTs, decentralised finance expert Ademolawa ...
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How to tackle online scams
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Help children with SEND have positive experiences online
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Help children with positive self-image and identity
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Supporting girls impacted by misogyny online
Dad, Barney, shares his daughter's experience with misogyny online. See what he does to support his teen to deal with ...
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Tech and online safety during lockdown by Adele Jennings
Get tips on how to make use of the most popular video chat platforms to do group chats with family ...
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How to use video chat platforms to group chat with family and friends
Get tips on how to make use of the most popular video chat platforms to do group chats with family ...
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Electronic Arts app parental controls guide
Manage who your child can talk to, what content they can access and more with Electronic Arts app parental control ...
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Fall Guys parental controls guide
Help children stay safe when playing Fall Guys with these steps for managing spending, communication and more.
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Rocket League parental controls guide
Help children stay safe when playing Rocket League with these steps for managing spending, communication and more.
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Recommended Policy & guidance

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Understanding the Online Safety Bill amendments
The Online Safety Bill is in the press once again, with several important changes to the legislation announced.
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Internet Matters’ submission to the Public Bill Committee for the Online Safety Bill
While Internet Matters welcomes the development of the Online Safety Bill, we believe it could be significantly strengthened to better ...
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Internet Matters’ response to draft Online Safety Bill
See our response to the Online Safety Bill, which sets out the government’s plans for a new regulatory regime addressing ...
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Recommended Research

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Gaps in practice around the online lives of vulnerable children
Vulnerable children tend to have a team of services that interact with them. A research study aimed to explore how ...
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Understanding children’s and families’ wellbeing in a digital world
Nearly a fifth of schoolchildren, who have sent sexts said they were pressured or blackmailed into doing so, the new ...
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