NEW: FAMILY MONITORING PROJECT VIDEOS
The Cyber Trust has released seven videos in a series covering different products that families can use to monitor activity. To access them visit that Trust's Youtube Channel here.
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.
The UK is to join Australia in banning access to Social Media children under 16 years of age. The ban is due to be in place by the spring on 2027.
The ban will cover all of the major social media platforms e.g. Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. WhatsApp and Signal will not be covered by the ban.
Read the full story here.
Incognito mode is set to off by default but when switched on all interactions with their AI chat bot vanish once the session is concluded and they cannot be reviewed or recovered. In incognito mode noone will be able to view or review the interactions.
Meta do offer a Parental Control option for Whatsapp so parents will need to switch that on in order help. monitor Whatsapp activity.
Configuring individual apps is time consuming but the monitoring tools we have reviewed do provide an efficient way to manage their child's screen time, app activity and location, some provide monitoring of communications.
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