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3 tips to start online safety | O2 & NSPCC

Have you spoken to your child about their online safety? The NSPCC and O2 give you three tips to start talking about online safety. For more help and tips go...

Further Information

 

1. General advice

https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers 

www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents 

https://www.net-aware.org.uk/ 

 

2. Turn on Google SafeSearch

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/510?hl=en 

 

3. Turn on YouTube safety mode

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/174084?hl=en 

 

4. Turn on ISP Parental Controls (through your Broadband provider)

e.g. www.sky.com/new-search?q=parental%20controls 

e.g. www.talktalk.co.uk/shop/security/homesafe 

e.g. http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/46768#settingup 

and/or use OpenDNS

https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security      

 

5. Turn on parental controls on games consoles

 e.g. https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-360/security/xbox-live-parental-control/ 

 

6. Turn on browser parental controls

e.g. https://www.technorms.com/30739/enable-parental-control-popular-browsers   

 

7. Turn on online TV and film parental controls

e.g. http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/pg_PIN 

 

8. Turn on PC Operating System parental controls

e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EVNJnbrtOc 

 

9. Turn on TV parental controls

e.g. http://help.sky.com/articles/set-up-parental-controls-on-your-tv 

 

10. For older children, provide them with a monitored mobile

e.g. https://www.monqi.co/ 

 

11. Skip explicit tracks on music streaming services

e.g. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/All-Platforms-Explicit-Filter/idi-p/3869 

 

Further information
https://www.vodafone.com/content/digital-parenting/tools/how-to.html# 

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