Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health
Social Media is often scrutinised as having a negative impact on children’s mental health. Children and young people are now growing up in a technology dominated world, and social media plays a major role in their social lives. This balanced guide focuses at both the positive and negative impacts that social media can bring to young people and their mental health.

In this section...
The ABC online safety checklist
Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content
Four months on: is Roblox any safer?
Common Sense Media – Game Reviews
Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents
What is Character AI? What parents need to know
New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children
See also...
Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism
Bullying and child on child abuse
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
Explore...
TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?
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