Topic: Social Media

YouTube Updates Privacy Features for Young People

YouTube has updated their privacy features as a way to help better protect children and young people on their platform. These include defaulting settings to under 18s as well as including some wellbeing features.

13th September 2021

TikTok Expand Family Pairing Feature with Educational Resources for Parents

Internet Matters have worked with TikTok, as well as young people to expand the 'Family Pairing' feature to include new educational resources for parents. Find out what new information parents can get when using this feature.

8th September 2021

Information Commissioners Office Enforces Children’s Code on Tech Companies

The Information Commissioners Office has officially launched the Children’s Code to ensure that tech companies are doing everything they can to respect children’s data whilst working towards keeping them safe online. Find out what has been put forward in our latest article.

2nd September 2021

Introducing ‘My_GOSH_UK’ – A Resource for University Students

Our helplines have launched a new resource focusing on ‘Good Online Sexual Health’ (or GOSH for short) for university students. Find out when this resource will be launched and what information will be available to help support students with their online sexual health.

24th August 2021