# YOUTUBE - LIKES AND DISLIKES

# SELMA - HACKING HATE

# GAME TRANSFER PHENOMENA

# GAMING - CONTRACTS

# DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

# SNIPPETS

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EDITION 19 JUNE 2019

Inthisedition

Foreword from

Alan Mackenzie

Welcome to Edition 19 of #DITTO

Hi there, I’m Alan Mackenzie.

I’m an independent consultant specialising in online safety, specifically within education to children, young people, schools and other organizations, and parents.

I ’m a strong believer that technology, for the most part, is neutral; behaviour is the most important aspect.

To understand behaviour, we have to be a part of children's lives in order to understand what they’re doing with technology and why.

We have to be curious and guide them to realise the wonderful opportunities that the online world gives to all of us, and be there to support them when they need it.

It feels like I only wrote the last DITTO a few days ago. I think as I get older the time seems to go quicker, which is something I really don’t want, but more importantly I’m definitely getting grumpier; don’t let that smile in the corner of the page fool you!

Speaking of which, my opinion piece this month is about YouTube and how they’ve banned the content from my favourite YouTube channel. It isn’t just about YouTube, it’s directed against all these tech companies regarding some of the decisions which make little sense.

I know the services these companies deliver will have millions, sometimes billions of users and decisions will be really difficult, but I don’t have the slightest ounce of sympathy. These services are built and delivered to make money and everything else comes secondary as far as I’m concerned, despite their arguments to the contrary.

In this edition I briefly explain a phenomenon called Game Transfer Phenomenon (GTP). It’s a fascinating area and I can’t do it justice in this magazine so take a look at the website if you would like to learn a little more.

Alan

YouTube, the site that assistsme in many areas of my lifefrom hanging a radiator tochangingaheadlightbulbonmycar.Whoneedsmanualsanymore?

I loveYouTubeand I’monthere, without fail, everysingledayforonereasonoranother.

Butequallyitfrustratesando@enangersmeatthesameAme.

W h a t m a y b eappropriate for one person may be

enArelyinappropriateforanother,Igetthat,Iunderstand there are different laws indifferent countries, I agree that there arehorrible things happening around the worldand people should be able to see them; it’s

partofhistoryandif we censor everything out then how willfuture generaAons learn from errors ofhumanity?

Considerthephotographofthechildrunningaway from the Napalm bomb in Vietnam in1972.Ihaven’tshownyouthephotographbutthere’s a good chance you know what it is,you can visualise it. The photograph isastonishing and horrifying at the same Ame,but it’s history. According to some sourcesthat single photograph changed the Vietnamwar.

But my frustraAons with YouTube are moreself-centred, the latest one being thatYouTube has decided to ban the content ofoneofmymost-usedchannels.

It must be preOy serious if YouTube havebanned the content? Well that depends onyouropinion.

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If youhavebeen readingDITTO for awhile youmayrememberthatIstarteddrawingacoupleofyears ago. It’s a hobby, somethingdifferent andverychallenging. Iuseda number of amazingYouTube channels tolearndifferentskillsandv e r y q u i c k l y m ydrawings went from‘trulyawful’to‘nottooshabby’.

I c a n ’ t t h an k t h eo w n e r s o f t h e s echannels enough forthe free Ame they giveup to sha re t he i rexperiences. I knowthatmany of them areusingthesechannelstoselltheironlinecoursesand I’mokaywith that,it allowsme to see if Ilike the way they doth ings and I havepurchased a couple ofcoursesasaresult.

AboutayearagoIwantedadifferentchallenge-figure drawing. The human figure, nude. Thecomplexityof thehumanbody is incredibleandwhen you consider shapes, light and shadow tocreate something which is 2D to look 3D it’sreallychallenging.

But I don’t live near a city like London wherethereare lotsof lifedrawingclassesallovertheplace,soIhavetouseonlineresourcesandunAlrecentlythatresourcewasYouTube.Thechannelwasn’tmoneAsed through ads, it relied on verysmalldonaAons fromsubscribers tohiremodelsetc. and it has been going for years, unAlrecently.

Because the videos contain arAsAc nudity, thechannelcontenthasbeenbanned,yetthereisnomorenuditythanyouwouldseeinanymuseum

around theworldand Icannot put across inw r i A n g t h e s h e e rfrustraAon I feel as I’msuremanyothersofthesubscribers feel, not tomenAon the owners ofthechannel.

C roqu i s Cafe havesimplymovedacrosstoa d i ff e r e n t v i d e os h a r i n g p l a X o r m(Vimeo) so I can sAllview the videos, butthat’s not the point ofthis arAcle. The pointI ’m making is thatYouTube and manyothers at Silicon Valleyseemtobemaking therules up as they goalong. It’s okay to seevideos of people being

beheadedandotheratrociAesbecausethat’s ‘inthepublicinterest’.

And don’t get me started on children able toview this type of content; every Ame it’s thesomeoldexcusefromthesecompanies,‘They’renot supposed to be on there.’ Irrelevant andunhelpful.

ThelikesofYoutubeandothersarealwaysunderinvesAgaAonbyonegovernmentoranotherandreports coming out of America suggest thatYouTube are considering major changes to itsrecommendaAonalgorithmamidaninvesAgaAonby the Federal Trade Commission into how ithandlesvideosaimedatchildren.Althoughthereare no concrete facts, the reports state thatYouTube is considering moving all content for

children to the YouTube Kids app. Quite howthiswillbeachievedIhavenoidea,butwhatIdo know is that it won’t make the slightestdifferencewhatsoever.

Thishasbeengoingonforsomanyyearsnowit ’s beyond a joke. Surely the mosttechnologicallybrilliantbrainsintheworldcancomeupwith somethingbeOer thanwehavenow?Surely they canputproper, realisAcageverificaAoninplace,useoneplaXormandthenfilter by age? Would it really cost so muchmoneytoputproperparentalcontrolsinplacerather than the patheAcally weak RestrictedModethatwecurrentlyhave?

Am Iover simplifying this?Perhapsbut surelythisiswithintherealmsofpossibility?

In one way or another I have worked intechnologysince1984andIloveit,butasIgetolder (and definitely grumpier) I worry abouthow these techies from Silicon Valley areshapingourlives,parAcularlyyoungergeneraAons,andthespeedatwhichit’shappening.

YoumaybewonderinghowYouTube (andall theothers) get awaywith all of this; the appallingtoxic content and the lack of punishment for some of the so-called influencers? The answer issimple:theseplaXormsare‘hosAng’thecontent,not‘publishing’thecontent.ThiscomesunderUSlaw, SecAon 230 of the CommunicaAons Decency Act of 1996 to be precise, which states “NoprovideroruserofaninteracAvecomputerserviceshallbetreatedasthepublisherorspeakerofanyinformaAonbyanotherinformaAoncontentprovider.”

Itwill be interesAng in the coming year to seehow theUKgovernment implements theironlinesafetywhitepaperwhichcomestotheendoftheconsultaAonperiodon1stJuly2019.Accordingtothewhitepaperthesecompanieswillbedirectlyliable.YouTuberecentlystated,“Responsibilityisournumberonepriority,andchiefamongourareasoffocusisprotecAngminorsandfamilies.”

Unfortunatelythatonlyseemstobeafacta@erpublicoutcry;let’sseewhatthefutureholds.

Alan Mackenzie

SocialandEmotionalLearningforMutualAwarenessIfyouhavebeenonlineforawhile,particularlyonsocialmedia,there’snodoubtyouwillhaveseenhatein one form or another. Whilst the media tend to report on celebrities and elections, our concern asparentsandprofessionalsisforchildrenandyoungpeople.

Specifically for young people aged 11-16, SELMA is a two-year project co-funded by the EuropeanCommissionwhich aims to tackle the problem of online hate speech by promotingmutual awareness,toleranceandrespectbyempoweringyoungpeopletobecomeagentsofchange.Itwilltakeanevidence-basedapproachtopreventandremediateonlinehatespeechwithactivitieswhichinclude:

EmpiricalResearch,theco-creationofaSELMAtoolkit(https://hackinghate.eu/toolkit/),face-to-faceandonline training and counselling for young people, training and briefings toeducationalstaffandothersincludingaMassiveOnlineLearningCourse(MOOC),Education Task Force meetings and the dissemination of outputs, results andlessonslearned.

OnthefollowingpagesIhavebeengivenkindpermissionbySouthWestGridforLearning,LeadPartnerintheUKSaferInternetCentreandanintegralpartneroftheSELMAprojecttoreplicateoneoftheonlinearticlesaboutempathy. TolearnmoreaboutSELMAandthetoolkityoucanvisit:

https://hackinghate.eu/toolkit/

HACKING(inthiscontext)isanyamateurinnovationonanexistingsystem,anditisadeeplydemocraticactivity.It’saboutcriticalthinking. It’s about questioning existingwaysofdoingthings.It’stheideathatifyousee a problem, youwork to fix it, and notjustcomplainaboutit.

Empathy?Tolerance?Understandingourfellowhumanbeingstocreateabetter

world?

Soundbites in campaigns to develop better onlinerelationshipsseemobvioustomanyofusbutachievingpositive change is complex. We all bring our ownemotional“baggage”totheseincidents,bethatculture;language;behaviour;beliefsandexperienceswhichhasa dramatic inZluence on the outcome. When we areasked,forexampleto“StanduptoBullying”,it’squiteachallenge and indeed risk, to do so without theappropriate routes and strategies. It can often makethingsworseifnotmanagedwell.

Empathy can take many forms and can be elusive tomany of us. It is based on our ability to connect and

communicatewithothersandformasenseofcommunity;asenseofbelonging.

Those tight community bonds can be very supportive but can also have negative inZluences. Aparticulargroup’s inabilitytorespondpositivelymayverywellbeduetonegativeattachment; thoseresulting “beliefs” may be embedded as part of upbringing; ethics and values. And yet, positiveattachmentisoneoftheunderlyingcomponentsofpositivehumanmentalhealthandwell-being.

Boththeimmediateandatemporalnatureofonlineengagementtoooftendrivesresponsesthatarenotconsideredorthoughtful.Theyareoftenvisceral:unregulatedandemergefromprimitivepartsofourreptilian,triunebrain.Fight;Zlightorfreeze.

Can we ever “park” these inZluences to affect real positive change? Margot Sunderland (Children’sCentreforMentalHealth)aspartofherintervention“TraumaInformedSchools”placesattachmentatthe heart of her work. Empathy is a blend of thought (cognitive), feeling (emotional) and action(compassion) and she describes a set of Vital Relationship Functions that help map a successfulempatheticengagement;movingsomeonefromastateofdysregulationtoaregulated,rationalstate.

• Attunement:addressingtheneedsoftheotherpersonbyunderstandinghowtheytrulyfeel

• Validating:assuringthepersonthatwhattheyarefeelingisvalid/real/hasaname

• Containment:keepingtheengagementphysically/emotionallysafeforbothparties

• Regulation:movingapersonfromthereptilianbraintothethinkingbrain

TheseVitalRelationshipFunctionsareverymuchevidentintheactivitieswehavedevelopedaspartofSELMA.

TheSELMAToolkit is foundedondevelopingSocial andEmotionalstrategies to tackle online hate, disrupting hate speech throughunderstanding these complex behaviours. Each of the nine ToolkitthemesbeginswithSELactivitiesthat:

• Build emotional vocabulary to navigate online relationshipseffectively.

• Encourageself-reZlectionabouthowonlinehateaffectsourownemotions.

• Explorestrategiestoassistwithregulatingourownemotionalresponsetoonlinehate.

• Developstrategieslikemetacognitiontoshapeeffectiveresponsesthatcandisruptdysregulatedbehaviour.

• Equipuserstoidentifyandrecognisetheemotionalstateofothers.

• Providestrategiestonavigateonlinehateincidentsthroughdeeperunderstandingandempathytodisruptahateecosystem,beitonetoone,grouporglobal.

This unique and innovative approach towhat is a visible and global online issue is a key foundingprinciple of the SELMA Toolkit and sits at the heart of a wider set of focuses that include mediaanalysis;mediaproduction;citizenshipandpeersupport.

TheSELMAteambelievethatnotonlycanempathybetaught…butitshouldbetaughtifwewanttoequipgenerationstocomewithaskillsetthatwillallowthemtoZlourishinanonlineworld.

https://hackinghate.eu/toolkit/

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Gaming AddicAon/Disorders have already beencoveredasatopicwithinDITTOandinanewbookIam currentlywriAng, however Imay not have goneintothe‘howtohelp’aspectindepth.

MyperspecAveon these issues isoneof taking intoaccount what the impact is and for whom, before‘diagnosing’someonewithadisorder.

In terms of how you can help a young personwiththeir usage we need to understand the moAvatorsbehind the ‘over use’ or refusal to disengage. Thatsaid,when the child is screaming that theywant toconAnuetheiruseregardlessoftheconsequenceswestart to enter the territory of parenAng and thenormal‘baOlesofwillpower’thatoccur.Thisdoesn’tnecessarilyhavetobeovergaming/socialmediaandsoon.So,whatdoyoudo?

IamaskedthisquesAonsomanyAmesbypeopleinandoutof therapyas this seems tobe in the top5mostaskedquesAonsrelaAngtocyberspaceandhereismyanswer:YourchildisnotmanipulaAve,theyarenot naughty, they are trying to communicate

something to youa b o u t t h eimportance of this‘thing’, this gamethattheysowanttoconAnueplaying.

YouprobablyfirstnoAcedthisbehaviourinyourchildaroundtoddlerhoodwhenthe“mine”seasonstarted;doyourememberwhenyouwantedsomethingthatthey had in their hands theywould say “mine” andnotgive itback.?That’sbecause itwas importanttothem and they wanted to exert some control orpower in the relaAonships. They were tesAng outtheirnewskillofrecognisingtheyhadachoice.

Theysoonlearnthearduouslessonofparentsareinchargeando@en the choice I dohave is ‘no choice’and rules/boundaries and contracts are assumed tobe the law of ‘I am a child and get no say in thisdebate’.

Since then children have become accomplished atknowingwhat’simportanttothemandhowtocreateadynamicof ‘conflictconnecAon’withyou.Yes, this

Catherine Knibbs (BSc, MBACP (Accred), UKCP Adult Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Doctoral Clinical Researcher, Cyber Specialist Therapist and Cybertrauma Theorist. Cath is the leading researcher on cyber trauma in the UK, specialising in online abuse in all forms and provides consultancy, education and training on this topic.

Web: www.cybertrauma.com Twitter: @nibzy

probably is a liOle strange sounding but o@enchildrendon’tknowhowtoexplainthemselveswithwords,sotheyshowyou.

Let’sgothroughafewscenariostogiveyouan ideaon away toworkwith this issue. They look similarandIcan’taccountforallparenAngstylesandwhatissaid,butIcantalkinagenericway.

PleasefeelfreetoaddthevoicesofyourchildinyourheadasyoureadtheseorchooseachildwhomyouknowsuchasBartSimpson(TheSimpsons):

“OkayBart,Ametogetoffyourgame”

“But….justfivemoreminutesmum”

“No!!! Now Bart, we have to go to school/pick upyoursister/goshopping/visitAuntBeru/eatourlunchandsoon…”

“ButMuuuuuuuummmmmm”

Atthispointusually,whatparentsreportisthestartof anescalaAonand shouAng resulAng in threats toturnoffthegame,punishmentsaboutbeingbannedfromplayinganywherefromaweektoneveragaininthehistoryofmankind.

Iknowthatsoundsabitexcessive,butpeopleunderpressure or angry are not to be reasoned withbecause theyhavegoneoffline/flipped their lid andare no longer logical/paAent or indeed present. It’sonbothsidesofthisparentchilddyadtoo.

Harmony=0Conflict=1(andcounAng)

So,if,likeamovieweslowthingsrightdownandgoback to the start we can see that the interacAonsbetweenparentandchildcouldhavebeenstartedinadifferentwayforadifferentoutcome;quitesimplyall it needs is an agreement or, as we say inTransacAonalAnalysis,acontract.

In therapy I contract with my clients about thesessionsandwhattheywill looklike.Ifwearetodosomething like painAng a picturewemight contractaround that acAvity, for example will we clear upa@erwardsornot,butweagreetoitbeforehand.Wecan then change the contract if we both agree, forexampleImightsaytotheclient,weagreedtothis,Iwonderwhat itwould be like ifwe now changed itandwedidthisinstead?Whatdoyouthink/feel/say?

TheclientcannownegoAate,discusstheopAonsorperhapssAckwiththeiroriginalagreementandbothofusarepartofthisnewcontract.WhatIdoknowisthat when contracts, also known as boundaries/agreementsarelaiddown(youmaycallthemgroundrules though these are less flexible) it makes theprocess of negoAaAng and natural consequencesbeing discussed/implemented that liOle bit easierwhen it comes to the contract being broken in anyway.

Cath

Cyber Synapse - by Cath Knibbs

A podcast for parents and professionals for cyber issues.

http://bit.ly/cysynapse

G a m e t r a n s f e rphenomena is quote anem e r g i n g fi e l d o fr e s e a r c h i n t ounderstanding theeffects of immersivetechnologies focusingo n s e n s a A o n s ,p e r c e p A o n s ,

cogniAon and behavioursunquote.

A bit of a mouthful that - from thewebsite

hOps://gametransferphenomena.com/

GTP is described as the transfer ofexperiences from the virtual to thephysicalworld…..indirect relaAonship tovideo game content and playingexperiences.

Studied for about 7 years by ProfessorAngelica OrAz de Gortari I think it’s afascinaAng subject, not least of whichbecause it showsushow liOleweknow,how early we are in understanding theeffectoftechnologiesonthebrain.

To give you a beOer understanding ofGTP, an experience is described by a 17yearold,whostatesthatwhenhewasahardcore player in World of Warcra@(WoW) he started seeing health barsabovepeople’sheads.Inotherwords,he

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was seeingelements from thegame transferredintoreallife.

GTPhasbeenreportedinover400gamingAtlesincludingPokemonGo.

This isn’t a recent phenomena; in fact what iscalled ‘TheTetrisEffect’datesasfarbackastheearly 1990’s where a man called JeffreyGoldsmithwrote:

“No home was sweet without a Game Boy in1990.ThatyearIstayedforaweekwithafriendinTokyo,andTetrisenslavedmybrain.Atnight,

geometricshapes fell in thedarknessas I layonloaned tatami floor space. Days, I sat on alavendersuedesofaandplayedandplayedTetrisfuriously. During rare jaunts from the house, Ivisuallyfitcarsandtreesandpeopletogether”.

EssenAally, as described in the arAcle, paAentswould noAce paOerns in everyday objects andimagine how theywould fit them together (likeTetris blocks). Theymay dream of falling blocksaswell.

https://www.gamecrate.com/what-tetris-effect/21404

Whatarethefindingssofar?

GTPisfairlycommon-81-97%ofgamershaveexperiencedatleastoneinstance.

ThemostcommonformsofGTParevisualisingimageswithclosedeyes(74-77%)andhearingbackgroundmusic(71-74%)

Seeingimageswithopeneyeshasbeenreportedby29-31%

GTPisexperiencedwhiledoingeverydaythingsinmanycasesandoftentriggeredbyin-gamecues.

Mostgamersdonotreportnegativeconsequences,GTPismorelikelytobeexperiencedaspleasurable.20%reporteddistress/dysfunction,especiallythosewhoexperiencedseveralformsofGTPfrequently.

Somegamersreportedconfusion,annoyanceandsleepdeprivation.

https://gametransferphenomena.com

The‘digitalfootprint’issomethingthatgetstaughtin school from an early age. Simply speaking it’sthe trail ofdata thatweall leavebehind that canbe used for various purposes such as advertisingatoneendofthespectrum,totheothersideofthespectrumwhichisoffenderslookingforvictims.

It’sahugesubjectareabutit’sonethateverybodyneeds to know about as this trail of data affectsevery singleoneofus to a varyingdegree. In thelatest Ofcom research with children and youngpeople (Media and Attitudes Report) just over athirdsaidtheyunderstoodhowonlineadvertisingworked.

This is a concerning statistic as it suggests thattwo thirds don’t, and yet understanding howonline advertising works, how our data is usedalsoindicateshoweasilythatdatacanpotentiallybeusedbyanyone.

LastweekIwasreadingaBBCarticle(clickHEREif you’re reading on a device) suggesting thatapplicantsforUSvisas(toworkorstudy)willhaveto submit their socialmedia details before a visawillbegrantedaspartofthescreeningprocess.

IcanunderstandthistoadegreebutIalsofinditworryinghowfar thiswillgo.Online,particularly

socialmedia,shortpostscanbetakencompletelyoutofcontext.

This would be a really interesting discussion athomeor at school.Whilstwe concentrate on ourdigital footprint mainly for safety/safeguardingreasons you can diversify and talk about othersubjects such as this one. The fundamentalprinciples of keeping data safe, private andappropriate are all the same, you’re justapproaching it from a different and, for somestudents,amoreinterestingangle.

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IfyoureadthearAcleearlieroninDITTOyouwillknowthebasictheoryandfactsofGameTransferPhenomena.

IthinkthiswouldbeareallyinteresAngconversaAontohavewithchildrenandyoungpeopletoseeiftheyhaveexperienced anything similar, infact from September I mightstart asking children about thiswhenIgooutvisiAngschoolstolearn a liOle more about theirexperiences.

Inoneofthestudiestheresultsshowed that15%of thegamersstudiedhadthesensaAonthataPokemonwasphysically present, and another 16%hadfound themselves looking for Pokemon outside thescreenwhileplaying.

Given some of the findings from the research so far,somechildrenmayfind it tobeaconfusingexperienceand a small number may not want to talk about it (ifthey have experienced GTP), so it’s an opportunity to

put them at ease and let them knowthere’s nothing wrong with them andnothingtobeconcernedabout.

If theyhaveexperiencedGTP itmaybeanideatocutdowntheamountofAmethey’re playing as it appears thatintensive and long-duraAon are majorfactorsinGTP.

Alan Mackenzie

Game Transfer Phenomena

81-97%ofgamershaveexperienced

GTP

YoumayrememberanappcalledHouseparty,avideo chat app. I don’t see too much of thisbeing discussed in schools anymore, butinterestinglyFortniteappeartohavepurchasedthe app. I”m speaking to more and morechildrenwhoareusinganappcalledDiscordtotalk to friends whilst playing their games andI’m wondering if the Fortnite developers aretryingtogetinontheact.Onetokeepyourearsandeyesopenforinthenearfuture.

This school year I’ve been asking children if theyhave made purchases in a game. Obviously theanswer is ‘yes’ but the amount who say they havemadeanaccidentalpurchaseisstaggering.The media were recently reporting about an unclewho allowed his nephew to use his Playstationaccount.Unfortunatelyfortheunclehehadhiscreditcard details stored and the nephew spend around£1600Iunderstand the conveniencebut I’veheard thisonnumerous occasions. Be careful what details youstoreonyourdevices!

Doyouknowwhatthe‘DarkWeb’is?

The first things that may come to mind may beillegal drugs, weapons and other illegal material.Butit’sfarmorethanthat(andnotalwayssinister).

ThinkUKnow, the educational arm of CEOP haveputtogetherabriefarticletoexplaininabitmoredetail.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/what-is-the-dark-web/

It seems like everybody is jumping on the BattleRoyale bandwagon just lately. Brought to fame byFortnite,BattleRoyaleoriginatesfromtheyear2000fromafilmcalled,spookilyenough,BattleRoyale,ofwhichHungerGameswasaHollywoodspin-off.ThemainfeaturesofBattleRoyalearethatyouareina specific areawithotherpeopleand it’s abattle tothedeath.Asmorepeopledie thegeographicalareagetssmallerandsmaller.

The latestBattleRoyale isan interestingone.CalledTinyRoyale it’s embedded into Snapchat. There are30playerspergameandyoucanhavesquadsofupto4players.UnlikeFortnitewherethebattlelastsforapproximately 20 minutes. Tiny Royale lasts for 2minutes,whichmakesitincrediblyintensive!

RESOURCES FOR PARENTS

I’mquiteoftenaskedwhatthebestresourcesforparentsare.Notaneasyquestion toansweras itwoulddependonwhatyourconcernsare,yourlevelofknowledge,oraparticularriskthatyouwouldlikemoreinformationon.

Ihavelistedbelow4ofwhatIbelievetobethebest,currentanduptodateresources.

CommonSenseMediaTo learnmore about the games or appsyour children are using, Common SenseMedia covers thousands,which includesadviceandreviewsfromotherparents:

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

InternetMattersTons of age-specific related informationcreatedspecifically forparents. Includesinformationtosetupdevices.

https://www.internetmatters.org/

YouTubeWithover5.5billionvideos, ifyouneedto know something there’s a goodchance it’s here. Use simple searchessuchas,“Whatis…”“HowdoI…”

https://www.youtube.com

SchoolTheschoolyourchildgoestoisawealthofinformation.Ifyou’renotsureordon’tknowwheretoturnto,theycanandwillhelp.Findoutwhatwhatyourchilddoesinschoolaboutonlinesafetysothatyoucanreplicatethesameadviceathome.

Contribute to the magazine I’m always on the lookout for great content to share with schools and parents, but I also know that people have their own individual stories to tell. This information can be hugely beneficial for everybody.

• Are you a parent who has experienced something with your child? What was it and what did you do? Has your child experienced something and would he/she like to share their advice with others?

• Are you a school that has experienced a series of incidents? How did you tackle this? Do you have an innovative way to engage with specific online safety topics in the school?

• Do you have an opinion or a thought-provoking idea?

Drop me an email and let me know your thoughts. Everything can be kept anonymous if you wish.

Alan Mackenzie

alan@esafety-adviser.com

www.esafety-adviser.com