Updated: May 25th 2022 The web presence of the Online Safety Alliance is managed by What2Learn Ltd. What2Learn Ltd is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office. What2Learn Ltd and the OSA aim to be as clear as possible about how and why we use information about you so that you can be confident that your Read more about Privacy Policy[…]
New research from the think-tank Demos has found that 26% of 16-18 year olds surveyed admitted they had ‘bullied or insulted someone else online’. It also indicated that there is a gender imbalance in this, with 32% of boys involved in online bullying in comparison to 22% of girls. These figures are of course likely Read more about Quarter of young people admit to bullying[…]
Newspapers are today reporting more evidence of the rising national crisis in mental health among girls in the UK. Quoted statistics indicate that there has been a staggering 68% rise in hospital admissions because of self-harm among girls under 17 in the past decade. Admissions now stand at 17,500 but it is worth remembering that Read more about The rise of self-harm[…]
While many people are understandably more than a little concerned about the colossal power wielded by Google and its influence on what we see, think and believe, it has to be said that sometimes they do create some pretty amazing tools for us all to use for our favourite price (free). As such, it was Read more about Interland: Be Internet Awesome[…]
Image-based tools like Snapchat and Instagram have become the social media of choice for the majority of youngsters, with a great proportion creating accounts on such systems long before they have reached the required minimum age of 13. This makes the latest major update to Snapchat particularly alarming and online safety experts are asking schools Read more about Snap Map Warning[…]
“Digital literacy should be the fourth pillar of a child’s education alongside reading, writing and mathematics”. “No child should leave school without an adequate standard of digital literacy”. These are just two of the quotes from the recently published House of Lords report ‘Growing up with the internet’. The report acknowledges the benefits the Internet Read more about The fourth pillar of education[…]
The year 2016 marked the tenth birthday of Twitter. Following a decade of people expressing their thoughts, musings and observations in 140 characters or less you would think that we would all be a little more aware of the damage we can do to ourselves with the world’s most popular micro-blogging website. Unfortunately, this does Read more about Twitter – a career killer in 2016?[…]
Sextortion is the latest online threat which has been gaining widespread news coverage in the past couple of weeks. This comes on the back of a drive from the National Crime Agency to raise awareness of this issue which has even resulted in a number of young males committing suicide this year. The NCA: “Criminals Read more about Sextortion warnings[…]
Revenge pornography has received much coverage this week with the publication of statistics on prosecutions since the new ‘Revenge Porn’ legislation came into effect in April 2015. The crime often involves an ex-partner uploading sexual images of the victim to cause the victim humiliation or embarrassment. In the few months from the law coming into Read more about Revenge porn amongst children[…]
This week saw the conclusion of the trial and sentencing of those responsible for the tragic murder of 15-year-old-school girl Kayleigh Haywood in Leicestershire last year. As the two men responsible begin their prison sentences a number of details of the case have been revealed. One detail in particular is something that all parents and Read more about The tragic case of Kayleigh Haywood[…]