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Online safety

Online safety imageComputers and mobile phones help us all to share things, talk to our friends and meet new people. But they can also make it easier for bullies and other people who might want to hurt you to get close to you.

So it's important to know how to be safe on your computer, on your phone and on websites. If you want to stay safe, or find out what to do if there’s a problem, we’ve got some useful advice.

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Mobile phone safety

Mobiles are a great way to keep in touch with your mates. If someone you don't know gets in touch with you on your mobile, or if you are being bullied through your phone, you should tell someone who can help you, or call ChildLine. Read more about Mobile phone safety

Safe surfing

The internet is a great place to chat to friends, show all your photos and have fun, but it's important to know how to stay safe too. Read more about Safe surfing

Social networking

Social Networking sites, like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, are websites where you can create a profile all about yourself and send messages to other people. It's important to know how to stay safe online and what to do if someone is nasty to you. Read more about Social networking

Cyber bullying

Cyber bullying is when people are nasty or threaten someone online or through a mobile phone. Read more about Cyber bullying

Cover your tracks

Keep your visits to the ChildLine website private. Calling ChildLine's helpline is confidential. If you also want to keep your visits to ChildLine's website confidential, you can cover your tracks by following the steps on this page. Read more about Cover your tracks

Safer Internet Day

9 February 2010

Safer Internet Day 2010 helps you find information and advice about staying safe online. There are lots of activities and events taking place during this week and you can find out about them on the Safer Internet Day website and the Think U Know Safer Internet Day website.

Read more about Safer Internet Day

 
 
 
 
 

Ask Sam

Help me please I'm being cyberbullied

Help me please

I think I'm being cyber bullyed please can you tell me what to do. 

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Accessibility

We want to make sure everyone can access the information provided on this site

We've put together a few tips and help for you. Please send us a message if you can't find what you're looking for. Or you have a suggestion of something we could include.

Using the keyboard instead of the mouse.
As well as using the tab key to navigate through the screen, the ChildLine website has special access keys:

Alt+S = skip navigation
Alt+1 = home
Alt+0 = accessibility information.

Is the text size too large or too small?
You can change your text settings through your browser options:

In Internet Explorer, go to View > Text size and select your desired text size setting (eg, larger, smaller).

In Firefox, go to View > Text size and increase/decrease using Ctrl and + or -

If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, you can hold down Ctrl and scroll back or forth to increase or decrease the font size in both IE and Firefox.

Changing your computer screen settings
To change the size of the image shown on your screen on a PC running Windows 95 and upwards, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Settings and change the desktop area by using the sliding bar.

On an Apple Mac, you can use the Monitor & Sound Control Panel to change the resolution.

Having difficulty with your keyboard or mouse?
You can fine-tune your mouse and keyboard settings under Start > Settings > Control Panel > Accessibility in Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and XP.

Skipping navigation for talking browsers and screen readers
For speech browsers, you can press Alt and S followed by Enter to skip navigation on our pages.

The site is W3C level AA compliant.

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Online safety

On this page you will find links to information about issues related to online safety.  If you would like to read more about an issue, click on the title to go through to the information page.  If you can't find the issue you want to find out about, you can try the site search or go back to the Explore page to look at other issues.