Daily Safeguarding Update - Safer Schools NI

Tinder updates its approach to handling reports of serious abuse and harassment

Tinder has announced product improvements as well as training for internal teams to better support survivors of abuse and harassment.
These improvements include mandatory training for Tinder’s customer care team on abuse reporting pathways, how to spot reports of serious abuse and how to respond.
Users will have access to a dedicated Crisis Text Line, alongside having the ability to see background information on a match, such as whether they have a history of violence.
To learn more, visit Tech Crunch’s website.

Instagram is introducing a new feature dedicated to notifying others about scheduled live-streams.
Once this banner is active, users can subscribe to get reminded about the livestream.
This feature is another way Instagram are attempting to rival platforms such as TikTok, by empowering their creators to directly engage with followers.
Read more about this on the Tech Crunch website.

Channel 4 News has revealed that 18,700 cases of image-based sexual abuse were reported to police forces in England and Wales between January 2018 and August 2021.
Analysis shows that 80% of reported victims were women and girls and almost 2,000 victims were under the age of 18 at the time the reported incident occurred.
To learn more, visit the Channel 4 News website.

Koulla Yiasouma has told MLAs there has been a ‘systemic failure’ to address Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) and that there needs to be a compulsory RSE curriculum similar to other school subjects.
Ms Yiasouma also advocated for a plan to provide free period products in schools, colleges, and public buildings.
This plan aims to address the stigma around periods and period poverty by educating pupils as part of a ‘mandatory sexual and reproductive health education’.
To read more on this, visit the BBC NI News website.