Online Safety Weekly Update image featuring Alan Mackenzie, Online Safety Specialist

I hope you are keeping well and having a good week. A few quite random updates this week, not a a particular theme, but these have all caught my attention and I think they are all very useful to be aware of. Updates SEND – using AI to power EHCP’s. Free resource (KS3) – CEOP […]

Online Safety Weekly Update – 24th September 2025 Read More »

Online Safety Weekly Update image featuring Alan Mackenzie, Online Safety Specialist

I hope you are keeping well and having a good week, albeit quite a change in the weather which is making my 6AM walk every morning less appealing! It seems to be a week for chatbots this week as you’ll see by the updates below. This has been an increasing concern over the last couple

Online Safety Weekly Update – 17th September 2025 Read More »

Online Safety Weekly Update image featuring Alan Mackenzie, Online Safety Specialist

Welcome to this first weekly newsletter of the new term. I hope you are keeping well and managed to catch some of the lovely summer weather we’ve had over this last few weeks. I managed to take a couple of weeks off and travelled to the Lake District for a few nights then onwards to the

Online Safety Weekly Update – 10th September 2025 Read More »

With the recent UK-wide report from CEOP about the growing concerns around sextortion, NCMEC reporting a 7200% increase in reports from 2021-2022 and law enforcement all reporting increases, I have put together this 11-minute video for young people aged 14+ to explain what sextortion is and what can be done if they become a victim. The

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Updates Safer Internet Day 2024 – resources now available. NSPCC Report – Online Risks to Children. Report Harmful Content – button for your school website. AI CSAM. For parents – what are social media scams? Safer Internet Day 2024 – Resources Now Available With SID 2024 fast approaching (6th Feb 2024) the UK Safer Internet

Online Safety Weekly Update – 29th November 2023 Read More »