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27 June 2017 Becca Cawthorne

Childnet Digital Leaders speak in front of hundreds at NSPCC Conference

On Wednesday 21st June Childnet Digital Leaders were selected from Bristol Free School to speak at the NSPCC â€˜How safe are our children?’ Conference.

22 June 2017 Becca Cawthorne

Introducing ‘Snap Maps’ – the new location sharing feature in Snapchat

Today Snapchat introduced a new feature, the ‘Snap Map’.This location based map allows users to see where in the country their Snapchat contacts are.

22 June 2017 Becca Cawthorne

Online safety and the Queen’s Speech

Digital Charter will ensure the UK is the safest place in the world to be online

20 June 2017 Becca Cawthorne

2017 Childnet Film Competition finalists announced!

We are delighted to announce the six finalists of the Childnet Film Competition!

16 June 2017 Becca Cawthorne

Childnet Film Competition – What happens next?

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2017 Childnet Film Competition! The judges now have the very difficult task of deciding on this year’s…

15 June 2017 Becca Cawthorne

Roblox – a guide for parents

Our Education Officer Tom offers some top tips for parents to help young people stay safe on Roblox.

6 June 2017 Becca Cawthorne

Less than a week left to enter the Childnet Film Competition!

With less than one week to go until entries for the Childnet Film Competition close we look at what you need to do to submit…

1 June 2017 Becca Cawthorne

IWF CEO nominated for top award

Susie Hargreaves OBE, Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) CEO, partners in the UK Safer Internet Centre, is nominated as Executive of…

31 May 2017 Andy Robinson

New Research Highlight: a summary of young people's relationship with technology

The UKCCIS Evidence Group has published its latest Research Highlight

26 May 2017 Becca Cawthorne

Fake News: 4 quick checks

Tips for young people about identifying fact from fiction

25 May 2017 UK SIC

Fake news and critical thinking

Last week’s discussions with Safer Internet Centres from across Europe about fake news and media literacy education.

24 May 2017 UK SIC

Opportunity for Primary educators to develop the new Internet Matters app

Internet Matters offer a free tablet app for parents to help have these discussions and are now looking to develop…