Safer Internet Day Marked On Yorkshire Coast

Furthermore, 23 percent of consumers in the United Kingdom experienced their most recent online risk within the past month, 6 percent said the most recent online risk happened within the past week and 4 percent reported that risks were encountered every/almost every time they go online. It calls upon young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers, and wider, to join together in helping to create a better internet. “Our message is that once someone shares an explicit photo of themselves they are no longer in control of what happens to it”.

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The social media giant’s involvement cuts across public sector and non-governmental organizations operating in the internet safety arena. According to the study, on average young people take 12 selfies before they are happy to post one online and 43 per cent said they worry about how attractive they look when they share photos online.

The research also noted that over the last eighteen months, nearly 80 per cent of parents bought their children an Internet-enabled device.

Gordon Jones, cabinet member for children’s services, education and skills, said: “The results from the annual cyber survey show that younger children have greater online access than ever before. Communicate with your child and discuss the risks and the dangers of chatting with someone you don’t know online”. If they don’t, that is again, the point of Safer Internet Day – to fill the gaps in knowledge and remind parents and educators that young people should utilise the internet with full knowledge of the mirage that hangs over vast sections of it.

“Most importantly, it’s a chance to say to young people that if they have a concern about anything online they should speak to someone to report it”.

Media Smart is a not-for-profit company, funded by the United Kingdom advertising industry, that creates free educational materials for parents to help young people understand the advertising they come across.

One of the purposes of children’s slang is to stop adults from being able to understand what they’re saying.

9pm is a good time to switch off the house wifi and for everyone to have some time-out from the internet.

A BT poll to mark Safer Internet Day has found that 85 per cent of adults are unable to translate worrying phrases used by children online such as MIA (bulimia), KMS (kill myself) and 99 (parents watching).