Molly Inquest Opens
Today is the first day of the inquest into the death of Molly Russell - who took her own life in 2017, when she was 14 years old. Since...
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Annabel Turner
- Feb 24
- 2 min
5 SIMPLE STEPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD IF THEY ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE SEEING ONLINE
In our sessions in schools today we were grateful when talking to pupils about the news on social media last night – that most of their...
Annabel Turner
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Cybersafe Launches Digital Wellbeing and Online Harm Prevention Project 2022-2023
On Safer Internet Day 2022, Cybersafe is delighted to announce the launch of a new project in Aberdeen, in partnership with Aberdeen City...
Annabel Turner
- May 12, 2021
- 3 min
The Online Harms Bill in 3 minutes...
Today is a significant day. It sees the announcement of a piece of law that child online safety campaigners have been waiting for, for a...
Annabel Turner
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
Has your phone number been published as part of the Facebook data breach?
As much as 18 months ago now Facebook suffered a data breach where a significant number of phone numbers were obtained. Details of more...
Pamela Sloan
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Cybersafe Founder named SBRC Cyber Community Hero 2021
Annabel Turner, the founder of social enterprise CyberSafe Scotland, was awarded the title Cyber Community Hero at the recent virtual...
Annabel Turner
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
What Parents Need to Know about the Wilson Case
Yesterday, at Ipswich Crown Court, a 36 year old man was sentenced after admitting 96 sex offences against 52 boys aged from just four to...
Annabel Turner
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Child Online Safety Index
In the UK, 8-19 year olds in Britain are spending almost two days (44 hours) per week looking at computer, mobile phone and television...
Annabel Turner
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
Feeling Down? You are not alone
Advice if you are feeling very unhappy or are worried about a friend or child who is feeling very low. To get help the first thing you...
Annabel Turner
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
FREE, safe, online education resources
A non-exhaustive list of constructive resources that might help those affected by school closures/absences due to coronavirus, compiled...
Annabel Turner
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
Safer Internet Day 2021
Safer Internet Day could arguably never be more important. Parents have been grappling with balancing relief and gratitude with...
Annabel Turner
- Feb 7, 2021
- 4 min
Is online harm to children a risk in Scotland?
Since the beginning of the Covid there has been a sharp rise in the number of incidents of online child abuse, with a growing trend of...
Annabel Turner
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
New Disappearing Messages on WhatsApp
WhatsApp are rolling out a new disappearing messages feature as part of their latest app update. When I first saw a headline about it, to...
Ian Harris
- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
Gone Phishing
Phishing scams are constantly increasing and becoming more sophisticated, meaning we need to constantly be more vigilant and be aware of....
Annabel Turner
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
A 2 minute guide to the new Chief Medical Officers' Guidance on ScreenTime
The government has today released its advice for parents and carers around screen time use. This advice is important because it was asked...
Ian Harris
- Jan 30, 2020
- 1 min
Going Grey?
We work with many parents who say they can't get their children off their phones and many children who wish they could get their parents...
Ian Harris
- Jan 27, 2020
- 3 min
PEGI RATINGS - What do the labels mean?
PEGI is the system by which games and apps are age rated to provide guidance to parents as to whether they are appropriate for their...
Ian Harris
- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
New Design Standards for Apps and Games Announced
The Information Commissioner announced a new 15 point Age Appropriate Design Code yesterday that app and game developers will have to...
Ian Harris
- Jan 20, 2020
- 2 min
Influencers Being Offered Thousands For Sex
The Victoria Derbyshire programme today reported on the issue of Social Media Influencers being offered thousands of pounds regularly for...
Annabel Turner
- May 30, 2019
- 2 min
Online Grooming: The Practice of 'Moving Children' Online
There has been another story about grooming through Roblox. Rather than parents feeling overwhelmed by the story we can use it to...
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