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Parental Controls on BT Third Party Parental

BT Parental Control allows you to manage access on all Controls Home Internet devices connected to your BT Home Hub and BT Wi-Fi hotspots.

Most UK providers offer ‘whole-home parental This service is available for free and includes an option of Strict, You may decide to use a dedicated parental control solution to controls’ which apply to any device connected to your Moderate and Light filters. You are also given an option to block inappropriate content. broadband. restrict specific websites and set a Homework Time which blocks If you already have a security package on your These controls only work on your Wi-Fi network, not when you social media, gaming and homework cheat sites. computer, check whether it includes Parental Control. You may are using or 4G data. (See next page for Parental controls on mobile devices.) To find out more: BT Parental Controls not need a third party one. Some are free, but most will cost you an annual subscription.

Sky TalkTalk McAfee Family has parental controls turned on by default, you have to TalkTalk Home Safe lets you control all devices which are choose to switch it off. connected to your TalkTalk router. Protection

(Paid for) Shield works on all devices connected to your The free package includes; home broadband. It comes at no extra cost.  Kids Safe - which allows you to block all or your choice of To find out more: McAfee Family Protection categories of websites. You can customise your settings in three steps;  Homework Time – which limits access to social media and 1) Choose a rating – PG, 13 or 18 gaming websites. 2) Use the Watershed feature to set restrictions at specific times of the day  Virus Alerts – which avoids malicious websites. 3) Add specific websites that you would like to block. (Paid for)

To find out more: TalkTalk Parental Controls To find out more: Sky Broadband Shield To find out more: Norton Family

Vodafone Broadband Parental Controls are free and available to anyone Nanny Virgin Media Web Safe works on any device connected to your with Vodafone Broadband. The service protects all devices (Paid for) home Wi-Fi. It is free of charge in the broadband package and connected to your Wi-Fi and prevents access to any has two settings; To find out more: Net Nanny inappropriate materials online.

 Child Safe – which blocks unsuitable websites. You can control your children’s Wi-Fi access by creating a ‘Guest’  Virus Safe - which blocks websites that could lead viruses. network and then configure time limits via an app on your phone. The Vodafone Broadband App is free on and To find out more: Virgin Media Web Safe Qustodio Apple App Store. (Free)

To find out more: Vodafone Parental Controls To find out more: Qustodio

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Web Browser Safety Control on Smartphones &

You can change settings on a web browser too. If you use more search engines Tablets than one browser, you will need to change the settings on each one. Setting SafeSearch on search engines means that majority of Parental controls on tablets and smartphones can restrict sexually explicit and images will be filtered from search specific sites and ‘adult content’. results, along with links that may show explicit content. This isn’t Mobile phone companies can filter content rated 18+ at network 100% reliable but it is useful for young children. level. Contact your phone company to check if this filter is on or Chrome off. The UK’s main mobile providers (e.g. EE, O2, Vodafone and With Supervised User accounts on , you can Three) automatically block 18+ rated content through Active allow or block certain sites. You can also see Internet History and Choice network level filtering system. But this only works if the Restricted mode on YouTube performs a similar function to prevent apps being installed. device is connected to the mobile network, and not Wi-Fi. SafeSearch. Both can be locked if you have a Google+ account. To find out more: Chrome Supervised User accounts But these are device-level settings – .e. you must set these Android restrictions on each tablet, phone and computer your child uses. The Restricted User feature lets you choose which apps and content your child can access.

To find out more: Android Restricted User

Internet Explorer Google’s SafeSearch setting enables you to filter most adult content. If an inappropriate result gets through, you can report ’s Content Advisor enables you to prevent your child it to Google. Windows Phone seeing websites containing certain categories such as violence, The option helps you manage apps nudity and inappropriate content. You can also find information about safety features on YouTube, and games that your child can access. You can Google Play, Chrome and other services in the Google Safety also set up Kid’s Corner, so that they can access To find out more: Microsoft's Content Advisor Centre. only age-appropriate content and not access those areas you want to keep private. To find out more: Google Safety Centre

To find out more: Kid's Corner

Apple iOS Firefox You can enable restrictions on your child’s iPhone and iPad and select which features to Parental controls in Firefox allow you to filter web content which Other search engines such as Yahoo and Bing, offer safe search keep ‘on’ or ‘off’. is inappropriate or offensive for children. options also. This can be found under ‘settings’. To find out more: Apple iOS Restrictions To find out more: Firefox parental controls

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Safety & privacy controls on Safe mode on websites

Movie and online TV channels offer a huge range of content for everyone in the family. Some social networks and apps use passwords and a PIN to set restrictions on what can be viewed, based on age ratings. Facebook YouTube Amazon Video

Minimum age: 13 Minimum age: 13 YouTube’s Restricted Mode helps to screen and Prime What can you set? Decide who can see posts and What can you set? Choose who can view Snaps, appropriate content that you would not like your Timeline, unfriend people and block people. decide who can view Stories and block people. Amazon’s PIN feature lets you set purchase and child to see. viewing restrictions on registered devices.

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Minimum age: 13 Minimum age: 13 BBC iPlayer What can you set? Control your visibility (set What can you set? Prevent certain people from Apple TV The Parental Guidance lock lets you manage BBC photos and videos to private) and block people. contacting you, block calls and set privacy options. Turn on Restrictions to limit access to specific content that your child can access. In addition, the features – such as app purchases and multiplayer free BBC iPlayer Kids app contains CBeebies and games and content – on your Apple TV. Kik ASKfm CBBC favourites.

Minimum age: 13 with parental consent; 18 Minimum age: 13 without What can you set? Allow or block anonymous Sky TV What can you set? Manage who can talk to you questions, block users and control what appears and block people. on your profile. Using PIN protected parental controls, you can

Netflix has four maturity levels in the parental restrict programmes and channels your child can Twitter controls to help control what your child can watch. watch on Sky TV. In addition, the Sky Kids app Whatsapp contains thousands of children’s shows and lets Minimum age: 13 you filter them by age. Minimum age: 16 What can you set? Protect your tweets, users’ What can you set? Control who sees your tweets from your Timeline, block people and make information, what you see, who you interact with use of the quality filter. and what you share. TalkTalk TV Store Live Streaming Services TalkTalk TV Store has been integrated with Skype YouNow Periscope parental controls in the 360 and . Safety features are also available in the Windows Minimum age: 13 Minimum age: 13 with parental consent Minimum age: 13 8.1+ app. What can you set? Hide your age, date of birth What can you set? Use a nickname, hide your What can you set? You can hide your location; and gender. Only allow people in your contact location and block people. set Private Broadcast, restrict chat and choose list to get in touch; and block people. not to share your broadcast on Twitter.

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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Mobile phone content Streaming apps

Reporting Any images or videos that Report any unsuitable content online that your If your child comes across any inappropriate or show child sexual abuse child watches on their mobile phone, whether sexual images or videos on a streaming app, Where can you report? should be reported it be a film, a still image or even if it is a text. you must report it to the site’s administrators. immediately to the IWF. Report this to your mobile operator.

If your child becomes upset or concerned Reports can be anonymous and remain If the mobile operator requires advice, the about something online, it is important to talk confidential. query may be passed on to the British Board of What happens when you report an to them and what they have encountered. You can report to the IWF through their Film Classification. Depending on the type of incident, there are inappropriate image online? website; ://www.iwf.org.uk/report many ways you can report. The website is; www.bbfc.co.uk The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a If they have experienced bullying or abusive charity dedicated to supporting victims of comments, or have come across content ParentPort Inappropriate contact with an adult child sexual abuse. which is inappropriate such as pornography, racial hatred or images of violence, then you online Every single report is viewed and determined ParentPort is run by the may report this directly to the content whether the image or video is illegal, UK’s media regulators and provider – i.e. the website, service or app. If you suspect that your child is or has been according to UK law. allows you to make communicating with an adult online who has If it is decided that the content is illegal, the Most social media platforms have a simple complaints about online done or attempted to do any of the following; process to report inappropriate content. Try content, wherever you IWF will find out where the content is hosted searching for ‘Report’, or look through the find it. 1. talk about sex or other type of sexual in the world. activity. Terms and Conditions section or the ‘Help’ If the content is hosted in the UK, the company The website to report to is; 2. asked them to do something that makes section. http://www.parentport.org.uk/make-a- them uncomfortable, such as sending an is contacted, as well as the UK Police. Typically, There is no guarantee that the site will remove complaint/ image or video in which they are naked or UK hosted content is removed in under 2 the content, though the site should take your partially clothed. hours. concerns seriously. 3. asked them to meet offline. If the reported content is hosted outside the 4. asked them to lie to their parents about UK, the IWF will use their network of If your child comes across something illegal, True Vision their relationship and hide it. such as images of abuse or violence towards international hotlines, internet industry children, there are organisations who will deal True Vision is a police If your child experiences any of the above they members and overseas law enforcement with these reports promptly. funded side that should immediately tell a trusted adult or partners to get the content down. provides information about hate crime. This report it immediately to CEOP (Child The IWF will work with the police to identify includes racial, homophobic, transphobic, Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), the child and rescue them from the abuse. religious or disability hate crime. You can also the child protection command of the National report online content through the website; Crime Agency. By choosing to report, you could be saving a real child from abuse. www.report-it.org.uk You can make the report through the website;

www.ceop.police.uk/CEOP-Report