14-YEAR-OLD’S SIMPLE RULE FOR ONLINE TROLLS Online trolls have been urged to follow one simple rule before hitting send: would you actually say it to the person’s face? The advice came from 14-year-old Maya and her father Usman Dar, from humanitarian charity Humanity Care Relief, who said pausing before reacting online could help make social media a…
Ahead of Safer Internet Day 2022 (8 February), online safeguarding experts are urging parents and carers to continue to keep a close watch on their child’s online activities and to be aware of the signs of cyberbullying. More than 1.7million laptops and tablets have been delivered to schools, colleges and local authorities as part…
Despite the pervasiveness of cyberbullying, victims still have very little support that is proven to work A survey of 4,336 secondary school teachers, conducted by Teacher Tapp for the Early Intervention Foundation in October 2021, has found that only one in three teachers (33%) feel equipped to help stop cyberbullying amongst pupils. Classroom teachers were far less likely than headteachers to feel equipped to…
