Please watch Murray's story - which has been told so carefully by ITV News with the help of his family, and use it to start conversations about the ongoing rise in sextortion and how you can help to educate, protect and support children and young people.

itv.com/news/2024-04-1…

#CSW2024 | In Conversation with … Annabel Turner

If you are up early morning on the 28th of February, catch up with the last part of the #CyberMarathon and Annabel Turner, founder of CyberSafe Scotland, who will talk about protecting children online.

cyberscotland.com/event/csw2024-…

What an honour to be Northfield Academy this week with Amy Ether BCSO, collaborating with the students & staff. Can’t overstate the importance of the opportunity to continue to be involved in their digital lives & how amazing it was to see them all again! #cybersafescot #Excelerate

Thank you so much to Aberdeen Violence Against Women Partnership for their support this Safer Internet Day. We are grateful to be working with you to reduce abuse, harassment and exploitation against children online. #CyberSafety #UNCRC

Thank you so much to ACVO & Volunteer Aberdeen for sharing the work we have been doing this Safer Internet Day. We have really enjoyed our time with schools today #aberdeenprotects #uncrc

🌐Today is #SaferInternetDay 2024!

💻 Find out how #Aberdeen based CyberSafe Scotland work to ensure local children are protected online by delivering awareness programmes in Aberdeen City Council schools to make digital spaces safer for young people

Learn more ⬇️
acvo.org.uk/news/safer-int…

Today is #SaferInternetDay . Aberdeen VAWP are proud to be working with CyberSafe Scotland to ensure our children are safe and supported online.

We're so grateful for opportunities to share the voices of the children we represent, and ways to support parents - huge thanks to DIGIT for helping to amplify them, and for their encouragement, and to ScotlandIS for bringing the Scottish Tech Community today!

We've had the privilege of working closely with 9-12 year olds around this very issue over the last 2 years. A really important read this #SaferInternetDay #cybersafescot #RespectedandSafeOnline

It's #SaferIntenetDay 2024!
What do the children in your life want to change online today?
#SID2024 #cybersafescot #UNCRC

In support of #SaferInternetDay we're holding an online session with CyberSafe Scotland on 6th Feb!

We encourage parents to drop in with questions on how to engage with children around safe internet use, or for any advice on this topic.

Sign up: scotlandis.com/blog/events/ho…

UK Safer Internet Centre

Well done to The Press and Journal and Jenni Gee for this article on getting devices set up safely before Christmas with some info from our Director Annabel Turner

SET UP BEFORE YOU WRAP! It’s so hard to try to do it on Christmas Day - here’s our 3 favourite links for easily set up parental controls on consoles, tablets and phones cybersafescotland.org/post/set-up-be… AberdeenshirePE Parent Information One Parent Families Scotland National Parent Forum of Scotland ParentNetworkScotland

Meta received 20+ MILLION reports of child sexual abuse material shared on FB & Messenger last year.

Yet Meta chose to move to full encryption, meaning they can no longer report these crimes. Children are harmed & bear the consequences while Meta profits.
protectchildren.ca/en/press-and-m…

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Children Using AI to Generate Nude Images - what do you need to know to protect the children and young people you support?
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We stand with our friends National Foundation to End Child Abuse & Neglect and ISPCAN and others all across the world in holding up a global light today to help survivors heal and prevent child sexual abuse #louderthansilence #makingdatacount #endchildabuse

For all the children and young people we work with who have experienced online exploitation or abuse - we will keep speaking for you, and standing with others to #endchildsexualabuse

Delighted Respected and Safe Online has been shortlisted for the Leading Education Programme at the #ScotCyberAwards - huge thanks to Aberdeen City Council, Education Aberdeen and Delivering Equally Safe - and to all of our partner schools, children and families for helping us to develop the work so far.