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Online Safety Mini Webinars for Parents and Carers
Practical support to help parents and carers recognise and respond to key online harms.
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Protecting your setting’s images from AI manipulation and abuse
New guidance
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The Online Safety Act: Are children safer online?
Internet Matters
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IWF Annual Data and Insights Report
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Be Cyber Safe NI
End of Project Report
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Switched on to privacy – ICO campaign
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UK Government Launches New ‘You Won’t Know Until You Ask’ Campaign
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NSPCC Learning | Statistics briefing on online harm and abuse
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Safer Internet Day 2026 Research
Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI
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A healthy influence? Children’s exposure to appearance-changing products online
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New Ulster University safeguarding report urges stronger accountability for online platforms
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Guidance issued to schools, EOTAS, youth and community settings on the safe use of AI generated images
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The Digital Proficiency Course
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Health and Social Care App Library
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Safer Internet Day 2026
Resources for Educators in Northern Ireland
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Parentline NI Podcast
Be Cyber Safe NI Takeover
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NCA CEOP
Online Blackmail Educational Resources
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AI Misuse and Nudification
Educational Resources
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Screens, Safety and Social Media
Queen’s University Belfast
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Online Safety Training Needs Analysis – Children and Young People’s Workforce
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Child sexual abuse material generated by artificial intelligence
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Women’s Aid NI | SAY Website
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NSPCC Learning | Online safety: expert insight videos
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Understanding & improving how kids report online harm
Internet Matters
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Terminology Guidelines for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
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Harmful Online Challenges
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Child Sexual Exploitation webinar for professionals
Education Authority
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Financially Motivated Sexual Extortion (FMSE): advice for parents and carers
How to talk to your child and access support if they need help
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Internet Matters | Children’s Wellbeing in a Digital World 2025
Year 4 annual index report
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Sample Online Safety Policy Templates
Templates created by online safety experts that organisations can customise for their own use.
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Catching a Catfish: How to Avoid Being Baited
You can’t trust everything you see on the internet. But what if you meet someone online and the connection seems undeniable?
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Safer Internet Day 2025
Webinar and resources for educators in Northern Ireland
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Growing Up Online
Symbol version spotlight report for children and young people with learning difficulties
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Online safety campaign wins social media award
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Internet Matters | The new face of digital abuse
Children’s experiences of nude deepfakes
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Comkit
Online platform to support communities after a sudden death
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Guidance for Schools on Pupils’ Personal Use of Mobile Phones and other Similar Devices During the School Day
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Growing Up Online
Spotlight Report on Girls’ Experiences of Being Online
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NSPCC Learning
Insight briefing on young people’s experiences of online sexual extortion, or ‘sextortion’
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Online Safety Live in Northern Ireland
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Educational Resources in English and Irish
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Financially motivated sexual extortion: alert for education settings
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Promote the Hub in your community
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Neurodivergent young people and online games
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Safer Schools NI
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Free NSPCC workshops: Keeping Children Safe Online
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Growing Up Online - an Evidence Report
New Spotlight Reports Published
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Technology and domestic abuse - where is the line?
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Boys and Young Men Animations
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Choose from a range of topics you would like to know more about with lots of helpful advice and resources to keep you and the young people in your care safer online.

Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
Digital Wellbeing
Gaming
Harmful or Inappropriate Content  
Healthy Relationships
Misinformation and Online Scams
Online Blackmail
Online Bullying  
Online Grooming
Pornography  
Privacy and Safety Settings 
Screen Time 
Setting Up A New Device
Sharing Nudes and Semi-Nudes
Social Media and Apps 
Video and Livestreaming 

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