Keeping Kids Safe Online

There's a new tool for parents in the region to help keep their children safe on social media and the internet.

Published 9th Jan 2015

The NSPCC's launched a campaign to educate parents in the on how to keep their children safe on social media and the internet. It comes after a high number of calls from mums and dads asking for help and advice. The charity asked 500 members of Netmums to test out 48 sites with regards to privacy, reporting and safety information, which they said was hard to find on almost half of them. Our Chief Reporter Michelle Livesey's been speaking to Kate who has a 10-year-old daughter in Wigan:

The charity has a number of TV adverts running alongside the campaign. Sandra Robinson's a Team Leader with the Helpline in Manchester:

For more information go to: www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/