UK Safer Internet Centre Blog

In this blog The Professionals Online Safety Helpline look at what to do about fake accounts on social media.

UK Safer Internet Centre Director Will Gardner looks at the IWF’s latest livestreaming research and gives advice to parents and carers. 

In this blog we explore the safety feature ‘Restricted Mode’ on YouTube; looking at how it works and some things…

In this blog from Childnet, a Partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, Education Officer Phoebe looks at the ways you can start a…

Google have announced that it will add more parental controls to its YouTube Kids app. 

This blog looks at what age restrictions are in place across the most popular social media services, why they exist…

The Professionals Online Safety Helpline provides free support to members of the children’s workforce in the UK with an online safety concern.…

We are delighted to announce that the UK Safer Internet Centre has been shortlisted for an ISPA award under the category Best…

To mark today’s launch of the Department for Education’s GDPR Toolkit for Schools, SWGfL ,a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, and GDPR in Schools, who both…

In preparation for new GDPR legislation, SWGfL has published advice and guidance for schools and colleges when it comes to managing personal data.

Figures released today by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), show a 37% increase in child sexual abuse URLs, with 65% hosted in…

The UK Safer Internet Centre has responded to The Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into the impact of social media…