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We’ve compiled the essential updates and tools to support your school’s safety strategy. This months issue includes News and Alerts aggregated directly from the latest updates on your Safer Schools App, Technical Support guidance to ensure smooth operation and to help effectively utilise your app.
To guarantee you never miss an important update or piece of guidance, please take a moment to turn on notifications for our app.
News and Alerts ℹ️
Key updates and alerts as seen on your App’s news feed.
Locket 🔒
Locket is climbing the app charts again with its unique widget that lets users instantly share photos directly to friends’ phone screens. Read our Safeguarding Guide now to explore its features and learn about the potential risks such as weak age verification, the absence of parental controls, and the permanence of shared images.
Antibullying Week 📱
We believe everyone’s unique! This November, to celebrate Anti-Bullying Week, we wore our Odd Socks, showcasing that our differences make us who we are and uniting us to ‘sock it’ to cyberbullying. Empower yourself, click here for crucial advice on supporting a child facing online bullying and accessing further support.
AI-Generated Image Exploitation 🚨
A disturbing new threat is emerging where people are exploiting readily available AI image generation tools to create sexually explicit images, often of female students, by copying photos directly from school websites and social media channels. Protect your community now. Our essential guide explains how to proactively safeguard children in your care and provides clear steps for reporting and responding to these specific AI exploitation incidents.
All resources detailed here can be found in your Safer Schools mobile and web app*
Technical Support 👩🏼💻
Updates and tips from our Support Centre.
Don’t Receive Push Notifications? Check Your Settings First! 📱
Quick Fix:
If you or your users aren’t receiving timely push notifications from the Safer Schools App, the issue is often related to individual device settings.
Why this works:
For the App to deliver instant alerts, it requires permission not just from the App itself, but also from the operating system (iOS or Android). Checking your device’s notification settings is the fastest way to reactivate service.
Next Steps:
Resource Highlight ✨
🎄Keeping Children Safe This Christmas🎄
With Christmas approaching, many young people will receive a new device or an upgrade. While they may be tech-savvy, it’s vital they are also taught how to be tech-safe.
Read our short article which provides 5 key steps you can take for ensuring new Phones, Tablets, and Laptops are safer for children this Christmas. 🎅🏼
You can also find further guidance on “My Child’s First Device” within the App. Look in the Online Safety Guidance section under the Need to Know tab.
Community News and Updates 📢
We appreciate hearing about the impact of the App. Here is a positive experience shared by a parent/carer.
“It’s not just the app, but the overall experience and customer support that counts for a good rating… What impresses me the most however is the excellent customer and the technical support. I contacted support regarding an issue I was experiencing what I stopped receiving notifications.”
Would you like to share your experience? We encourage you to tell us how the Safer Schools App is helping your community. Send your stories and feedback to [email protected]
Media News 🗞️
Top Safeguarding and Online Safety News from November.
⚠️ Online Blackmail: A new NSPCC survey reveals that one in five UK parents knows a child who has been blackmailed online, prompting the charity to emphasise the need for parents to discuss this serious online safety issue.
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🤖 TikTok & AI Content: TikTok is introducing new features, including user controls to shape AI-generated content in feeds and “invisible watermarking” for improved labelling, alongside a $2M fund to boost AI literacy and safety.
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⭐️ Meta/Instagram Ratings: Meta has received a cease-and-desist letter from the Motion Picture Association (MPA) demanding they stop using the “PG-13” film rating to categorise content on Instagram, calling the use of the movie-style rating “highly misleading.”
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⚖️ New UK AI Law: The UK government is enacting new stringent legislation to tackle AI-generated child sexual abuse material at the source, empowering trusted organisations to test AI models as reports of this content have more than doubled.
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Links and Logins 🔑
Simplified Safety Support: Log in to the Web App
Log in to the Safer Schools web app today! Use your existing login credentials to get instant, streamlined access to all the essential guidance right from your browser, making online safety easier for your family.
Quick Tip: If you need your school’s unique entry code to register, simply contact your child’s school office.
