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Online safety: expert insight videos

Publication date June 2025

Being online is a huge part of children’s lives. Social media, online gaming, instant messaging platforms and image-sharing services enable children to connect with friends, explore interests, and discover new communities.

However, these online platforms and services also come with risks. It’s important that professionals help children and young people to understand the risks and stay safe online.

This series of expert insight films helps those working and volunteering with children and young people to explore what online safety means, recognise the risks children face
and understand how to support children’s safety online.

In this film, our experts and young people talk about what online safety means.

Experts explore some of the risks facing children and young people online.

In this film, experts discuss the steps you can take if you have concerns about a child’s safety online.

Experts talk about the different ways you can support children’s safety online.

Our experts and young people highlight the importance of having regular conversations about online safety.

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