S7 Ep 8 The Folding Lady

Jun 13, 2022 | podcast

TikTok sensation The Folding Lady (aka Sophie Liard) joins us for the last episode in Series Seven to talk about her meteoric rise to internet stardom in lockdown with folding tips and tricks. Now with 4 mill followers, she shares how she curates her own social media...

What parents need need to know about slang and emojis predators use online.

Jun 6, 2022 | children online, online safety

A glossary of acronyms and emojis used by child predators has been produced as a useful online safety tool to help educate parents and carers about the tactics of child sexual predators, who often use codes or emojis to escape adult detection. The glossary was...

S7 Ep 7 Jack Rhysider

Jun 6, 2022 | podcast

Cybersecurity veteran Jack Rhysider, host of the Darknet Diaries podcast, is telling us everything we need to know to keep ourselves safe online. From the threat from SIM swapping attacks, to how ‘social engineers’ are targeting us to help them commit...

Is EdTech Spying on Your Child?

May 30, 2022 | children online, schools

In the rush to procure education technology (EdTech) products for online learning in the pandemic, governments did not check that they were safe for children to use, a Human Rights Watch report has found. As a result, children were exposed to unsafe privacy practices...

S7 Ep 6 Michelle and Joan MacDonald

May 30, 2022 | podcast

Mother and daughter Michelle and Joan MacDonald are using tech to inspire, motivate and to change lives – and they’re focused on a part of the population that has been rather ignored and invisible online – women in their 40s and 50s. But that’s not the...