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Welcome to the UKSIC Insider

Hello and welcome to the UK Safer Internet Centre Insider. Every month we will bring you the latest stories and updates from the three partners in the UKSIC: Childnet International, the IWF (Internet Watch Foundation), and SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning).

Safer Internet Day 2020 Supporters registration now open! 

Schools and organisations are now able to register as Safer Internet Day Supporters to share what they are doing for the day! Help us make Safer Internet Day 2020 bigger and better by providing your logo and a short description of your plans. 
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IWF Deputy CEO Fred Langford awarded an Honorary Doctorate 

IWF Deputy CEO, CTO and one of the UKSIC founding Directors Fred Langford is awarded an Honorary Doctorate for his child protection and cybersecurity work.
 
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New testing facility from SWGfL will test the quality and compliance of your school's filtering

Test Filtering is a brand-new utility created by SWGfL (one of three partners in the UK Safer Internet Centre), designed to build on these definitions and test the quality and compliance of your school’s filtering lists.The utility checks to see if your filtering solution incorporates blocks to illegal online content, specifically:

  • Child Sexual Abuse Content
  • Unlawful terrorist content
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11 Things you should know about loot boxes 

Parents and carers may have seen stories about 'loot boxes' in the news in the last few weeks. We've written this article to lay out all of the key information about loot boxes, what they mean for young people and their online safety, and what you can do to encourage safe and responsible usage. 

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Online Safety Live

Our FREE Online Safety Live briefings are starting again for this academic year. They are a must for any professionals working with children and young people, and tour around the UK. Events coming up:

5 Nov - North Tyneside
5 Nov - Northumberland 
6 Nov - South Tyneside
6 Nov - Sunderland
7 Nov - Gateshead 
 

 
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