Introduction to the Case Study Collection

The Cyber Trust
Part of the Family Internet Monitoring Project

This collection of case studies explores real-world news stories highlighting how children and young people can be placed at risk through their online activities.

The collection is drawn from real cases investigated by the Cyber Choices team at the National Crime Agency and stories reported in the press.

All of these cases could have been prevented had parents been able to monitor their child's online activity and intervene.



News Item Link Cyber Choices Link

What screen time does to children's brains is more complicated than it seems

Source: BBC News

 

The issue of how much time children spend online has been a long held concern of many of us. Apart from the fact that children seem to valish into their activities online and need to be jogged to communicate with the world around them the research into the issue is less clear about its long term impact.

Zoe Klienman - BBC Technology editor looks at the latest research but has her feet firmly fixed in the reality of the sort of behaviour her own child exhibits when denied access to the technology. 

Many parents manage screen time with the tools provided on the devices but many don't maynot know how to set such controls up.

Read her article here.