Online Safety Briefing: Term 4 2017-18 #esafety #onlinesafety

This is the 4th edition (Feb-March) of the Kent Education Safeguarding Team’s Online Safety briefings 2017-18. The aim of these posts is to help Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) in educational settings keep up to date with of some of the emerging online safety issues and research which may be of interest.

The following links are not endorsed, controlled or promoted by Kent County Council. This briefing should not be shared or forwarded directly to children, young people or parents/carers due to the sensitive and potentially distressing nature of some content.

Before sharing content that names specific apps or websites, we recommend DSLs access the following links:

• Online Safety Alert: Think before you scare
• Engaging parents in children’s use of apps
• UK Safer Internet Centre – Online Challenges: Advice for parents

Articles and Research

General

• The Guardian: Children struggle to hold pencils due to too much tech, doctors say
• Huffington Post: For Our Children, Growing Up Online Means Growing Up Fast

Cybercrime

• BBC:
  • Young Brits ‘lack cyber-security awareness’
  • Teenager arrested over schools bomb hoax
• The Telegraph: Cyber attacks are one of the biggest threats that schools face, experts warn

Gaming and Gambling

• Fortnite shoots to the top of teenagers’ most-wanted games list

Information Governance, Privacy and Data

• TES: GDPR for schools: how will the new data regulations affect my school?
• ICO: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) FAQs for the education sector
• Sky News: Facebook: We have permission to log texts and calls
• The Guardian: Beware the smart toaster: 18 tips for surviving the surveillance age
• That’s Nonsense: How to check which Facebook apps are keeping tabs on you, and how to remove them 
• BBC:
  • School video footage appears online
  • Facebook suspends controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica
  • Is leaving Facebook the only way to protect your data?
  • Facebook privacy settings revamped after scandal

Peer on Peer Abuse 

• SWGFL: Social Media, cyberbullying and society’s real challenge
• LSE: The digital environment is fundamental to today’s sex education: nearly two decades-old sex and relationship education will be updated, finally!
• The Conversation: Sexting: a modern ‘crime’ that could be on a child’s police record for life
• BBC: Sarahah: Anonymous app dropped from Apple and Google stores after bullying accusations
• The Guardian: What I learned when naked pictures of me were leaked online
• Huffington Post: Why It’s Vital You Have A Conversation About Upskirting With Your Sons

Professional Conduct

• The Guardian: Social media makes it impossible to switch off from work
• NCA: Former day nursery manager charged with online child abuse offences
• TES:
  • Teacher banned for sending ‘sexually motivated’ messages to pupil
  • Banned: PE teacher who sent ‘flirtatious’ Snapchats to teenage girl
• Huffington Post: Social Media Can Ruins Careers – Don’t Let Yours Be One of Them

Self Esteem and Mental Health 

• BBC: Is social media causing childhood depression?
• TES: Schools alone cannot tackle pupils’ obsession with social media – parents and providers need to take responsibility
• SWGFL: FOMO Causes Young People To Spend Too Much Time Online

Sexual Abuse and Grooming

• The Guardian: ‘Sadistic’ paedophile Matthew Falder jailed for 32 years
• DEMOS: Technology Briefing Series: Online Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

Sex and Relationships Education

Be aware that filters may block access to this content due to language and terms used

• BBC:
  • Online porn age checks delayed in UK
  • Porn check critics fear data breach
  • Is social media to thank for low teen pregnancy rates?
• The Guardian: How YouTubers took over sex education

Social Media and Technology

• The Guardian:
  • Social media firms failing to protect young people, survey finds
  • A distraction? Far from it – your smartphone is your best friend
• Dr Mark Griffiths: Every little ring: Another look at excessive smartphone use
• BBC:
  • Vero: The ‘new Instagram’ everyone’s talking about
  • How much to fake a trend on Twitter? In one country, about £150
• Metro: Toddler locks iPhone for 48 years and the same thing could happen to your smartphone
• That’s Nonsense:Why do some Facebook posts no longer have the Share option? FAQS
• Childnet: Reporting on Snapchat – answering some frequently asked questions
• Wired: Children’s YouTube is still churning out blood, suicide and cannibalism
• The Telegraph: Lip-syncing app Musical.ly under fire for letting teens post self-harm and sexually suggestive videos

Trust, Radicalisation and Extremism

• Wired: How religious extremists gamed Facebook to target millions of Britons with far-right propaganda
• TES: ‘The explosion of online hate speech represents a very real challenge for teachers’
• That’s Nonsense:
  • The largest ever study of fake news has a very worrying conclusion
  • Facebook remove and ban Britain First Facebook pages

Educational Content

Teaching Materials, Tools and Videos

• Parent Zone and Google: Be Internet Legends Pack (KS2)
• BBC Newsbeat: Revenge porn: What to do if you’re a victim (18+)
• BBC Radio 5: Are too many of us pretending to be perfect on social media? (KS4/5)
• Internet Matters: Meet the Malwares – new educational resource launched by Industry Trust & Into Film (KS2/3)
• Childnet & PSA: Being Smart with your Smartphone (KS2)
• RAN Centre of excellence: Dealing with fake news, conspiracy theories and propaganda in the classroom
• BBC Newsround:
  • How Social Media uses our information (KS2/3)
  • A simple guide to what’s going on at Cambridge Analytica (KS2/3)

Articles for Parent/Carers

• LSE: Why the very idea of ‘screen time’ is muddled and misguided
• Childnet: A parents guide to Fortnite: Battle Royale
• Internet Matters:
  • My child wants to be a vlogger – is it safe? 
  • Parents guide to Roblox and how your kids can play it safely
  • Live.ly App – What parents need to know about the live streaming app
  • Yubo formerly Yellow social media app – what parents need to know
  • Fortnite Battle Royal parents’ guide to keep kids safe while gaming
  • What is ‘gaming addiction’ and how can you prevent children from developing it?
  • My child is actively seeking followers to build a brand online, how can I keep them safe?

Resources for parents/carers

• Vodafone/Parent Zone: Digital Life Skills Quiz 
• These Little Waves: This Is The Surprising Problem With Bad Apps For Kids
• Childnet: Screen time boundaries – new resource for parents and carers  (EYFS/KS1/ KS2)