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Squid Game – Parent Advice

Dear parents and carers, I would like to take this opportunity to advise you to be vigilant after hearing reports that children and young people are copying games and violence from hit new Netflix series Squid Game, which is rated 15. For your information, Squid Game is a Korean drama series on Netflix that has become one of the most popular topics on the internet for its unique plot. The show mimics children’s games however it ends with participants being violently killed if they lose. There have been some concerning reports recently about children and young people ‘playing’ Squid Game… Read More »Squid Game – Parent Advice

Free Safeguarding App

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Tik Tok – Parent Advice

Tik Tok is a social media platform allowing users to create and share videos. It was formally known as Musical.ly. It is popular among teenagers and young children as they like to create lip sync and dance videos to their favourite music. These can be recorded and shared publicly or streamed live in real time to strangers. Other users can then directly message those in the videos either privately or in a live chat while they are performing. According to Tik Tok, the minimum age is 13 though they have no controls in place to check users. CEOP (Child Exploitation… Read More »Tik Tok – Parent Advice