Regain Control of Online Safety

Here are the five top rules for young kids going and staying online. Ignore these rules and you are doing your kids a disservice. It's your responsibility, no one else. 

Australia started it, and the rest of the world is gonna to finish it. Parents, schools, police and governments everywhere are moving against kids being allowed to use social media. Free speech or control. How will this finish up? 

Australia, the lucky country, goes for it. From Perth's sunny beaches to the dry north in Darwin, via drizzly Tassie, Melbourne and Sydney, the Government intends to ban social media for all teenagers under 16. There will be concessions by the time this becomes law, wiggle room on both sides. But Australia wants to be the first country to ban social media.   

Earlier this summer, we interviewed Lara, Neil, and Michael from our internet safety speaker team. These are a few key points they highlighted. 1. Be there in person when young children are using social media or gaming online. 2. Use content blocking and other parental control technologies.

Facebook denied their internal research and showed beyond doubt Instagram is bad for girls' body image, self-esteem and low confidence. Facebook's reaction was to downplay this and deflect blame onto others, upsetting people more. Since being published in The Wall Street Journal, Facebook employees, past and present, have admitted it to be true.

It's concerning that in a July 2024 survey, over half of parents admitted regretting giving their children smartphones at a young age. 35% reported negative effects of smartphones on their children, such as changes in their personalities

Secondary schools should prohibit the use of phones in classrooms as it is too distracting for students, according to calls made to Irish Minister for Education Norma Foley. Would a blanket ban in school work. Catherine Martin, media minister says issue 'fraught with difficulty'

WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, drops the minimum age for its messaging service from 16 to 13 in the UK, Ireland and Europe. This follows a similar shift in other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

1. Web content Blocking for Kids

2. Fortnite is back in the App Store

Fortnite is beloved by boys especially and a nightmare for parents. Fortnite is back on the iPhone officially. Gamers love its post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested world. It is available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and macOS. It is coming back to iOS and iPhone. And that's huge news. Here is why it matters!

One of the leading questions for parents is. 'Are my kids okay to surf the internet? What can I do as a parent to protect them? What is the difference between free and paid web content filters?