Tips for teens to stay safe online

You should treat people online in the same way as you treat people offline. Remember, online comments can often be misunderstood so be careful what you say to people and how you say it. Respect the people you interact with and they should respect you too. So, be ...

Don’t post anything online that you wouldn’t want your mum, your dad, or your grandma to see! The moment you upload a video or a photo it can be shared again and again and again and it could finally appear anywhere and be seen by anyone. So, take...

Never post personal information online. This includes the name of your school, your home address, your phone number, your messenger or Skype ID ... So, keep...

Do this on all the sites you use and make sure that only your friends can see your posts. Do you really want the whole world to see what you post online? Some things are best shared with just your friends so keep your online profiles as private as you can and choose your online friends carefully. So, check...

You need to know how to report posts and how to block people on all the sites you use. If you don’t know how to do this, find out. Remember that there are real people behind every website whose job is to make sure you are kept safe and happy. They want you to keep coming back to their site, so they need to know about any problems you have. So, know...

Never meet anyone in person that you met on the internet. Most people you meet online will be normal, but sadly, there are people online who are not who they seem. People sometimes pretend to be different, much older or younger than their real age, and it’s very easy to use a photo on a profile picture that isn’t really you - so a girl could in fact be a boy or a boy could in fact be a girl … So don’t take...

if you see anything online that you don’t like choose a friend, a parent, or a teacher and tell them what’s happening. If they can’t help you, tell someone else. So, don’t keep it ...