Help & advice for all teachers and professionals parents and carers 4–11 year olds 11–18 year olds

Unwanted sexual behaviour that occurs online and how to get help

Video calling allows us to speak to our friends and family, and see their faces

One main risk is that it is very easy to accidentally share your personal information online.

Make sure that your account is set to private and that you only accept people you know and trust, and have already met face-to-face offline, as friends or followers.

Make sure you have a strong password and don’t share it with anyone else.

Apps and sites should keep this information safe and secure which means they shouldn’t share it with anybody else.

Every account is different but there is usually a way you can deactivate or delete your account if you want to take a break or leave completely.

It can be hard when people around you are all doing the same thing and you don’t want to.

There are a few things to consider before getting an account.

Medical misinformation is inaccurate information shared by accident about health and medicine