Unlocking the Benefits of TikTok for Kids: A Guide for Parents
Got Kids who love TikTok, Here is some straight talk for parents. Kids will use TikTok anyway, so this is the best way to set up TikTok safely. And No, your kid’s social media is not private. Kids should expect you the parent to control their use of TikTok. These Rules, Guidelines are for you and your Kids. Because You said so.
An Online Safety Bill Is Coming to the UK—But It’s Not Enough
UK Government is drawing up new laws for online safety, especially Facebook, and TikTok curtailing their powers and making them responsible for postings on their portals. Many feel it is way short of what’s needed and destined to fail.
TikTok & Instagram move to improve safety for kids and prevent laws requiring them to do so.
Instagram and TikTok smell the coffee. Change is coming, legislation, regulation and user registration. Fewer users, content moderation and lower profitability.
Online Safety Rules, Guidelines for the 5 – 8 year olds in your life
What you as parents say and do now will set the tone in your home for how kids will use their devices and behave online and on devices. It’s not a democracy, it’s your home. Tips and tricks of the trade to make sure your kids win online.
TikTok, after the worst start imaginable, TikTok starts taking safety seriously, finally.
TikTok is the most popular social media for children and teenagers. Here is what TikTok is doing to improve user safety and well-being. We used to criticise TikTok, but they have invested heavily since 2020. TikTok has taken on thousands of new employees in London and Dublin to protect European users.
Is Safer Internet Day a waste of time. Yes, Here is Why
Safer internet day is out of date, and #SID doesn’t work. Online safety has expanded into separate themes. Social media, gaming, phone addiction, bullying and sexting need to be tackled separately because they are all different. Different strokes for different folks.
Good Online Safety Parenting for Ages 8 -11 years of age
Here is some advice for managing kids aged 8- 11 online. Apps, phones, online gaming, how much time a day is good, social media and how to set up correct privacy settings. Friends not followers and beating device addiction. Building better online habits
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.
Internet Parenting, What can I do? What’s my responsibility?
The internet has a huge influence in our day to day lives – impacting us both negatively and positively.
Although it’s hard to control internet usage, there are steps you can take to manage the amount of control it has over your household. Our internet safety talks for kids and parents being one of them.