Former CTO for BT, Peter Cochrane OBE proposes “Truth Engines” as an antidote to the algorithm-driven social media world which defines the digital context in which children are immersed and in which they face a range of harms, pervading all of which is an absence or a distortion of Truth. Can we accurately and reliably […]
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Nick Newman, Defence, Security and Public Safety expert within PA Consulting’s Vulnerabilities team guides us through their report The Tangled Web, in response to the UK Government’s Online Harms White paper. We define Child Sexual Exploitation Abuse (CSEA) and discuss the “tradecraft” of predatory pedophiles, we explore the dark web, outline the structure of the “safeguarding
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In this safeguarding podcast with Martha Evans, Director of the Anti-Bullying Alliance, we define bullying, discuss the link between online and offline bullying, explore the impact of this on children’s attainment at schools, reveal why a high incidence of bullying reports may not be a bad thing, suggest what parents should ask schools about bullying, identify
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Rudd Apsey, Director of the Digital Policy Alliance (DPA) guides us through the intricacies of Age Verification. What is it, how does it work, who does it apply to and is it secure? Will we need Age Verification for everyone? Will it lead to a dystopian society where free speech is suppressed, or is it
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In this safeguarding podcast, Lucy Betts Associate Professor of Psychology of Nottingham Trent University, takes us through her “three-factor” scale of cyberbullying and cyber-victimisation, how a school’s well run anti-bullying policy can actually hide cyberbullying, and how someone can be a victim of cyberbullying without even knowing it. If you prefer to read rather than listen,
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We are all journalists now…Dr Holly Powell-Jones takes us through the interpretive nature of UK law as it pertains to children online, the social and cultural norms that impact law, and whether social media terms and conditions actually apply to under 18’s. All this and more in this edition of SafeToNet Foundation’s Safeguarding podcast. If
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In this podcast recorded at the House of Lords we talk with John Carr OBE about digital gangsters, age verification, legislation & regulation and of course the impact of Brexit on safeguarding of children in the digital context. Just in case you prefer to read rather than listen, here’s a lightly edited transcript: http://traffic.libsyn.com/safetonetfoundation/SafeToNet_Foundation_Podcast_-_Blinded_by_the_Light.mp3 Neil
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In this edition of the SafeToNet Foundation’s Safeguarding podcast, we interview award-winning author and researcher Adrienne Katz about her recent report focussing on the issues of Vulnerable Children in a Digital World. We also revisit her 2012 book on Cyberbullying and e-Safety, as well as discussing how well prepared schools are to handle this 21st
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In this edition of the SafeToNet Foundation Safeguarding Podcast, we interview Susie Hargreaves, CEO of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) about the work they do in tracking down, cataloging and deleting online child pornography. It’s not an explicit episode but it’s nonetheless a tough topic. If you’d rather read than listen, then the transcript below
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The fallout from online abuse can be devastating, leading even to suicide. Cyberbullying is a recent phenomenon, related mostly to the use and misuse of social media. This graph shows the range of impacts cyberbullying has on young people from age 12: Ofcom [1] says that 93% of children have a smartphone by the
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