Daily Safeguarding Update - Safer Schools NI

TikTok launches new cyber safety tips

TikTok has outlined five key rules for online safety.
These were created in conjunction with various partner advisers.
They are also developing a new cybersecurity toolkit for families to help encourage online safety.
They also refer to their New User Guide for in-depth notes on how to use TikTok safely.
Check out our TikTok Safety Card.
You can read the full story on the Social Media Today’s website.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published a report on LGBTQ+ survivors which revealed they are often blamed for their own abuse.
The report found that survivors are often told they brought the abuse upon themselves.
The report highlighted that LGBTQ+ children face specific challenges which make them “more vulnerable” to child sexual abuse.
You can read the full story on the Pink News website.

Growing numbers of everyday TikTok users are being faced with TikTok scammers, who attempt to seize a huge audience for get-rich-quick scams.
There are specifically growing concerns that users are being lured across from financial advice videos to fraudulent money-making schemes.
A user who posts financial education videos has found her comments to be spammed with imitation accounts, cloning her profile picture and choosing a username as close as possible.
They then private message users promising rewards of thousands of pounds.
You can read the full story on the Telegraph’s website.

A mother has spoken out and said her 15-year-old daughter was strip-searched and left traumatised by the incident, later attempting suicide.
This case follows that of Child Q, who was strip-searched at school after she was wrongly accused of possessing drugs.
Olivia* is mixed race and autistic and was handcuffed and had her underwear cut off in the presence of male officers.
She was searched this way following herself and her friends being involved in an argument with two boys.
You can read the full story on the BBC’s website.