<\/p>\n <\/p>\n LONDON, FEBRUARY 5, 2018<\/strong> – The 6th<\/sup> of February is Safer Internet Day<\/a>. Celebrated by thousands of organisations the world over, it aims to encourage safe and positive use of digital technology among children and young people and start conversations about just how important this is.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s generation are true digital natives; babies tap screens as soon as they can move their little fingers, toddlers navigate around simple apps with ease and older children play networked games or cruise across social media with all the unconscious naturalness of breathing. The digital world is their domain.<\/p>\n Safer Internet Day aims to create a better and safer online community for this generation. It calls upon young people, parents, carers, teachers, companies, policymakers and all those who work with children and young people to join together in helping to create a better and safer internet.<\/p>\n Safe and secure<\/strong><\/p>\n Parents understand that the Internet offers their children a wealth of educational and learning opportunities. At the same time there are concerns about the dark, unpoliced side of the Internet.<\/p>\n With this in mind and in the spirit of Safer Internet Day, cybersecurity leader, BullGuard<\/a> has released a valuable Parents\u2019 Guide to Protecting Children Online<\/a> and also offers the following useful pointers to help connect with children and their online world:<\/p>\n – Be open about the dangers such as \u2018stranger danger\u2019 and encourage the children to talk about their concerns.<\/p>\n – Restrict young children\u2019s use of devices to where the family gathers rather than in their rooms.<\/p>\n – Use the internet together. Understand what it is that your children like, what draws them in and what they enjoy. This opens the door to talks about some of the things that are not healthy.<\/p>\n – Be positive and embrace the technologies that your children enjoy and remember how much fun you would have had if these technologies were available when you were a child.<\/p>\n – Actively engage with children online. Take time to explore the games and services that your children are using or want to use. It\u2019s fun to join them in some of the games too, though they may leave you behind in a cloud of digital dust.<\/p>\n – Look out for any safety features that may be available on the games and platforms they engage with and explain why these safeguards are important to encourage your children to auto enrol themselves.<\/p>\n Parental controls<\/strong><\/p>\n You might also consider parental controls. These enable you to discretely manage what your children are able to do online.<\/p>\n For instance, you can protect them by blocking inappropriate websites. It\u2019s an effective way of stopping your children stumbling across unsuitable or malicious and hate-fuelled content. You might even consider blocking sites containing content about alcohol, tobacco and gambling.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nBullGuard – Safer Internet Day 2018 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n
For Safer Internet Day 2018, cybersecurity leader, BullGuard, discusses how we can connect with our children to make their online world safer\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n