Cybersecurity expert warns young people to be wary of these two social media platforms
- Cybersecurity expert Tom Gaffney from F-Secure has warned young people to avoid certain online services to avoid their private data being “mined for profit”.
- He has also warned against oversharing on certain platforms which could potentially lead to data leaking.
- Recent research from F-Secure found that only 17% of 16-24-year-olds worry about their data leaking, despite 23% experiencing a data leak within the last year.
- Mr Gaffney warned that parents and young people should be very careful around social media, in particular TikTok and Snapchat.
- For more, please visit the Yahoo News website.
Instagram rolls out new option to share stories with multiple group lists at once
- Instagram is bringing out a new option that will enable users to share a Story with multiple group lists at once.
- This is said to enable users to better curate who sees their updates, in being more selective about who they share certain content with.
- This will be in addition to “Close Friends” lists.
- This new feature now being rolled out to all users.
- For more, please visit the Social Media Today website.
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Over 100,000 children in England and Wales have parent in prison, analysis shows
- Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) data shows that the prison population is 87,793.
- An official Ministry of Justice estimate says each male prisoner has on average, 1.14 children. Therefore, an estimated 100,084 children have a parent in prison.
- Research shows that children of prisoners are more likely to get involved in crime, suffer mental health problems, homelessness and poverty later in life.
- A Ministry of Justice spokesperson stated they are improving their understanding of the number of children affected by parental imprisonment.
- He continued: “This includes new screening processes to better identify offenders who have caring responsibilities and investing £20m into a cross-government data programme to improve support for people with complex needs, including those with parents in prison.”
- For more, please visit The Guardian website.
Disruptive behaviour in English schools worse since Covid, says outgoing Ofsted head
- Suspensions for physical assault, threatening behaviour and verbal abuse have increased, with even primary school children being defiant and refusing to follow simple instructions.
- Amanda Speilman, head of Ofsted, reported that disruptive behaviours in class were contributing to poor mental health and added to absences.
- She blames the rise in behaviours on the loss of socialisation resulting from Covid.
- Ms Speilman reported that the issue was taking up “disproportionate” amounts of school time as headteachers struggled to deal with the issues.
- The Department for Education reported that poor behaviour has had a profound effect on teachers and stated it will support schools through their ongoing £10m behaviour hubs programme.
- For more, please visit The Guardian website.
