Use technology with intent to help with life not just for entertainment or distraction
Update and restart your device often to keep it secure
Change your privacy settings on your phone and social media
Use Social Media as a professional. This could be by having a personal private account and a public professional account or just by being respectful to others when interacting online.
Be critical of news and information and check sources.
Make time to understand opposing views (even if you disagree with them) and use empathy to have productive conversations
Defend yourself - use strong and independent passwords, secure devices and question every email, text, call and download for scams
Look out for signs of radicalisation and online grooming and report anything harmful
Educate yourself. Keep up to date on changes to laws, policies and news
Speak up! Talk to a professionals to get advice and help
Explore the links and videos below, to find out more about how you can protect yourself online
Staying Safe Online
Play Interland
Cyber Aware
Safe Gaming
Safe Wifi
Report Terrorism
Click here to see some YouTube Regrets
Expand on what you looked at earlier and find out more about how you can protect yourself on Social media and report any abuse.
POSITIVE! Click the button (right), to find out how to feel good on social media.
Build on what you learnt earlier. Look at the following articles for information on how and why you should change your phones settings.
Different devices and models will have slightly different settings so it may be worth Googling your specific device for instructions. What software version does my phone have? Android Apple Windows
What is media literacy? It is a set of skills that helps you to look at different types of media critically and understand the messages they are sending.
Take a look at the links below to learn the basics before you continue.
Did you know WhatsApp has a fact checking service? Full Facts FactChat
DID YOU KNOW? Memes can be a way of spreading disinformation. Find out more.
Play the 'Double Check' game
Play the 'Go Viral' game
Play the 'Survival of the Best' game
Play the 'Harmony Square' game
Explore First Draft to learn more
Explore Misinformation Medic
Install the NewsGuard chrome extension
Play the 'Real or Fake' game
Learn how to fact check
Use Googles Fact checker
Install this fact checker app
Play the 'Bad News' game
Companies are clever. They use your data to target what you see online - do you really have freedom of choice now?
Explore the story and tools below to learn more about how your data is used and manipulated.
Want something a bit more advanced? Explore the links below to learn more about data sharing, artificial intelligence and deep fakes.
Click here to see news about companies abusing your data.
Want to learn more? Want to be a journalist? Check out the content below to learn more about misinformation, news tactics, conspiracies, manipulation, bias and more!
Explore the resources below for further information.