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Emma Willis and Matt Willis join forces with The Stanway School as they challenge a group of pupils - and themselves - to give up their smartphones for 21 days.

With Ofcom’s publication of the Regulatory documents & guidance (Statement: Protecting people from illegal harms online), online providers must take action to start to comply with the new Online Safety Act rules.

Australia's government says it will introduce "world-leading" legislation to ban children under 16 from social media.

Jisc Digital Wellbeing Community of Practice for FE in Wales: This community has been set up to bring people together to address digital wellbeing topics across the FE sector in Wales. The aim of this community is to learn from each other, share experiences and knowledge and raise awareness of current digital wellbeing trends. A Digital Wellbeing Community of Practice Teams area has been set up where members can continue discussions outside of our online meet ups.
The survey will take approximately 4 minutes to complete.

Digital wellbeing - the impact of technologies and digital services on people's mental, physical and emotional health

A short wellbeing taster course that is targeted at staff.

Reflections on the emerging themes raised at the Welsh Digital Wellbeing community of practice. A description of the rose, thorn, and bud method is described to capture the feedback from participants.

Simple practical tools to identify bad information

Practical tips on how to tell whether video clips are genuine, and how to spot deepfakes. There are few guaranteed ways to tell that video or audio was made using AI, but this is a good place to start if you suspect something you’ve seen isn’t genuine.

Resources and guides for embedding online safety into the curriculum

The latest guidance and resources and training to help you and your students safe, secure and smart online.

The latest news, guidance, resources and training to help you, your school and your family stay safe, secure and smart online.

This collection of guides provides parents and carers with key information about the most popular social media and gaming apps children and young people are using today.

There are lots of great things about social media, apps and games, life wouldn't be the same without them for most of us. But sometimes things can go wrong and you might feel like you are in an unsafe or upsetting situation.
The information pages also include advice on what to do and where to turn for help if you are worried about something online.