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Five things Kids must never share online ever!

Clever entrapment of a 9-year-old girl who tricked into giving an interloper her dog's name 'Snowy' on Instagram, which she thought was harmless. It wasn't.

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Here's why you should be using VPN when gaming in Fortnite too!

Since COVID19 arrived, online gaming usage has risen 70% on average, experts are warning parents and players to be more careful. DDoS attacks are commonplace, ISPs like Virgin, Tencent, T Mobile are reducing capacity everywhere.  So what's a poor gamer to do, well VPN will prevent DDoS and improve performance, so that's a great start.

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Roblox is developing content ratings for games and better parental controls

Virtual gaming platform Roblox is developing content ratings for games and easier parental controls for their kids, says the company’s chief privacy officer Remy Malan

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What is YouTube? Still King for Kids?

Battered by TikTok, Google's star performer is still a money-making machine. YouTube is incredibly popular with kids, trusted by parents, we ask what is YouTube, but warnings are now needed for the king of the Jungle. 

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TikTok deliberately thwarts 'LGBT, Overweight & Disabled' people.

TikTok is the flavour of the month. Formerly known as Musicaly.ly until Chinese Company Bytedance bought it in 2018. Merged with the Bytedance product Douhin, and was relaunched as TikTok. TikTok rules the waves now, putting everyone else in the shade including Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube with Instagram suffering the most.

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Smart Teenager talks about reality of social media, We respond.

A Bristol teenager writes. "I feel that screen limits should depend on the kid. My brother is driven to do anything restricted from him. Screen time is annoying especially now during corona because I only get 20 minutes of Snapchat and less than 3 on other social media apps"

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What Parents want from Parental Control, We asked, you told us!

Free parental control just isn't good enough, it just isn't clever enough, doesn't do enough, and ultimately doesn't protect your kid's online. According to you, here is what matters for parental control, Time limits, safe search and content control.

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VPNs, V-Bucks, Fortnite, TikTok, Internet safety explained.

Kids bamboozled you with VPNs and V-Bucks? Makes you feel a bit out of your parenting depth keeping the kids safe online. Surveys find somewhere between half and a third of parents give up and let their kids use the internet without any restrictions. Don't give up!

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Why we recommend F Secure SAFE for parental control

We like F-Secure safe as it is simple, well designed and an excellent parental control App with everything parents need to keep their kids safe online, improves their digital wellbeing including sleeping, eating properly and exercise. We recommend it!

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Ten TikTok Tips to keep your kids safe on TikTok.

Ten TikTok Tips for TikTok safety, 10 tips parents can use to help keep teenagers safer online, on TikTok. TikTok is the controversial short-form video platform with editing, effects, and sounds to develop great fun memes along with creative content.

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