Every week e-safety adviser Alan Mackenzie sends me weekly updates. They are useful teaching resources but also parent guides to keep you up to date with current trends.
Here are a few tips from this week’s updates:
For Parents – Location Sharing
We all know that location sharing can be a really good thing, but only when that sharing is managed appropriately and only with very specific known persons, not to everyone. Thankfully, gone are the days when you uploaded a post onto social media your location was automatically included, but there are still location sharing features in some apps. As a timely reminder for parents to check their childs device the Canadian Cyber Tip Line has put together a very informative article which is useful for everyone, regardless of where you are in the world.
You can find the article HERE.
For Parents – Roblox Update
As the most popular game on the planet with children, Roblox gets a lot of coverage and understandably so. It’s an amazing platform to explore but it isn’t without its faults, some of which are very significant.
In April 2025 Revealing Reality carried out an investigation into Roblox due to serious concerns of what children were experiencing within the game (link HERE). In September they carried out a follow-up investigation to see what, if anything had changed.
In short, quite a lot has changed, such as:
• Adjustments to content maturity ratings.
• ID verification for certain games and experiences.
• Stricter moderation
• Enhanced parental controls.
These are good but, according to Revealing Reality, they don’t go far enough. There are still workarounds and very significant concerns. It’s worth having a read of the full report which you can find HERE.
