What is sexting?
If you, or some you love, has been involved in a sexting incident. What can you do? Sexting is a crime with serious consequences for everybody involved. Here’s what we know and what we can do for you. This article is for schools, parents, businesses.
I’ve just seen a picture of my naked picture daughter on social media! Help!
One of the most distressing things a parent can see is naked pictures of their teenage child online, sexting. Here’s how we address how to deal with this issue, the services we can provide to schools, parents and businesses to help people recover from sexting.
I got VPN for my gamer, will my parental control still work?
One question we get asked a lot is will VPN still work with my parental control? Here is why it works and why it is a great idea for your family’s online protection, especially gamers on Fortnite, ROBLOX and Minecraft. I
Discord, Gamers favourite chatbox, wants to be more. Plus how good do we rate it
Discord, a popular instant messaging service among gamers, gets the IST treatment. Discord was founded in 2015 by two video gamers and now has 140 million monthly active users. Users are drawn to the site because of the emphasis on live chat, messages, and community development. There is no advertising, no forced feed, and no algorithms.
Facebook ploughs on with Instagram for kids despite backlash
Social media wasn’t built for kids. Facebook was meant for college kids, Instagram owes its creation to its founder’s love of bourbon, and YouTube was a video dating site.
Kids under 13 already have online social lives. Building worlds socially on Minecraft, FaceTime with friends, and send texts and emojis through tools like Facebook Messenger. But they love social media especially TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram.
YouTube is busy fighting TikTok. Parents and Kids are caught in the flak.
YouTube is the 2nd most popular site on the internet. Here’s an updated 2021 review on keeping your kids safe on YouTube, including a Restricted Mode and YouTube for kids. Are they good enough o keep off the aggressive new Google algorithms shoving recommendations and adverts at you.
UK Sexting skyrockets amongst under 16’s on Smartphones over last 2 years
UK Labour party want to make PHSE course’s mandatory for all over the age of 11. The current courses have not been updated since 2000 some 7 years before the launch of the iPhone. Labour’s shadow Education Eecretary Lucy Powell promises to act as soon Labour is returned to Government and is urging the current Government to act long beforehand. OFSTED regards most of the current teaching and guidance as ‘not good’ and some of it woefully outdated. BeSecureOnline.co.uk explains.
Antivirus software, What is anti virus software?
Anti-virus software programs help prevent, search for, detect and remove software viruses and malicious software like Malware, Trojans, Adware, and more.
F Secure SAFE Awards and Reviews – Internet Security Ireland & UK
Award-winning internet security for your for all of your devices. For PCs, Macs, Mobile phones and Tablets. Established 1989 F-Secure SAFE sells in the millions every year. Beautifully designed and easy to use it wins awards every year.
Social Network Safety Centres and help section links
As online protection and internet security provider BeSecureOnline thought that it would be a great idea to list some of the biggest sites on the internet and their safety links and community guidelines.