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Staying in touch

This is where you can find out how to keep safe when you’re Staying in Touch with your friends or family online.

Select Advice to get started. If you want to find out about technical tools, select this Tools button. If you want to know where to go to report a problem, then select the Report button. Just to remind you there’s always the Glossary to help you if you get stuck on any of the words or terms in this section. Finally, select the Activity Centre button to test whether someone you're chatting to is a Friend or Foe, or, if you or someone you know is being cyber-bullied.

Summary

Report Abuse: If you suspect an adult is trying to contact you on the internet you can report it by selecting this link.

Get your parents involved: Visit Childnet’s Chatdanger website to read real life stories about other young people’s experiences when chatting online. www.chatdanger.com

Keep records: For instructions on how to save a record of abusive messages in MSN’s Instant Messenger visit:
www.websafecrackerz.com/hacktevist_reportabuse.aspx?ID=133

Protect yourself: Check what controls and help are offered by your internet or mobile service provider.

Beat the Bully: For more information on how to protect yourself and your friends from cyberbullying see: www.dcsf.gov.uk/bullying/

Kidscape also offers valuable advice about responding and preventing bullying - see www.kidscape.org.uk

Talk to someone who can help: You can contact ChildLine to talk in confidence on 0800 1111.

All organisations and their website links are correct at time of printing (July 2008).