Chat Rooms - Useful Web Sites on Safety
- www.microsoft.com/protect/family/activities/chatrooms.mspx
Microsoft’s safety tips for chatrooms
- www.fkbko.co.uk/
Great site for children and young people to find out how to stay safe when chatting online.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/
Newsround site with links to other eSafety issues, including top tips.
- www.bbc.co.uk/chatguide/
The BBC ChatGuide website provides a range of resources aimed at children, teenagers, parents and teachers.
- www.chatdanger.com/chat/
Childnet International’s Chatdanger website is designed to inform children and young people about the potential dangers in interactive areas online, and to give advice to enable them to keep safe while using such services. Information and guidance relating to staying safe when using chat, including a list of numbers to call.
- www.netsmartz.org/netteens.htm
The NetSmartz Teens section provides a number of hard hitting case studies covering different aspects of the risks of using chat rooms.
- www.websafecrackerz.com/bbb.aspx
The ‘Blah Blah Blah’ section provides information on staying safe when using chat or instant messaging. Topics cover discovering and protecting your online presence to saving information and reporting problems online, while the ‘ASL files’ page explains common intimidation and grooming techniques used by abusers to trick young people into trusting them.
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