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Get Safe Online works alongside several organisations concerned with the online safety of children and young people, and the website is read by many people involved in this work. So I'd like to use this forum to ask you a favour if you're...
2 October 2013
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Think of all the things you put on Facebook. It could be your location or who you’re with. You might post pictures of your children or perhaps your house. Lots of people publish their date of birth and other sensitive personal...
26 September 2013
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Seen the ad circulating on some social media sites that Apple's new iOS 7 software makes your iPhone or iPad waterproof? The ad is about Apple devices and software, and it even looks like an Apple ad. It claims that the upgrade...
23 September 2013
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Innocent people of all ages and from all backgrounds and walks of life are being scammed, defrauded, abused, slandered and eavesdropped on every day. It's only natural, however, that the cases highlighted are those which affect the more...
7 August 2013
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Yesterday on Get Safe Online we reported that a man had been arrested on suspicion of posting abusive Tweets to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, who was bombarded with messages including rape threats after she successfully lobbied for a...
30 July 2013
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Our SEO guru Carl pointed out this story to me and we thought it was definitely worth sharing, in the light of the growing market in home automation. It's written by Forbes Magazine Staff Writer Kashmir Hill, shown here. “I can see all...
29 July 2013
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Social workers are seriously lacking training on how to spot that children are being targeted online by abusers, according to a survey just published by the British Association of Social Workers and NSPCC (click here to read our...
28 July 2013
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Be on your guard for emails, Facebook posts, tweets and the like promising "exclusive first pictures", "video from inside Kate's delivery room" or "royal baby named". As is the case when any event of national or...
23 July 2013
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