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With Family Link, you decide what's best for your family. Easy to use tools allow you to understand how your child is spending time on their device, share location, manage privacy settings, and more.*

Establish digital ground rules

Set screen time limits

Find the screen time that works best for your child. Family Link lets you set downtime for their device and time limits for apps, so you can help your child find a healthy balance.

Guide them to age-appropriate content

Approve or block apps your child wants to download. Family Link also allows you to choose the right YouTube experience for your child: a supervised experience on YouTube, or YouTube Kids.

Establish digital ground rules

Set screen time limits

Find the screen time that works best for your child. Family Link lets you set downtime for their device and time limits for apps, so you can help your child find a healthy balance.

Guide them to age-appropriate content

Approve or block apps your child wants to download. Family Link also allows you to choose the right YouTube experience for your child: a supervised experience on YouTube, or YouTube Kids.

Manage and secure your child's account

Protect their privacy

Permissions management in Family Link allow you to make meaningful choices about your child's data. You can view and manage permissions for websites and extensions accessed through Chrome as well as apps downloaded on your child's device.

Secure their account

Family Link gives you access to manage your child's account and data settings. As a parent, you can help change or reset your child's password if they forget it, edit their personal information or even delete their account if you feel necessary.

Manage and secure your child's account

Protect their privacy

Permissions management in Family Link allow you to make meaningful choices about your child's data. You can view and manage permissions for websites and extensions accessed through Chrome as well as apps downloaded on your child's device.

Secure their account

Family Link gives you access to manage your child's account and data settings. As a parent, you can help change or reset your child's password if they forget it, edit their personal information or even delete their account if you feel necessary.

Stay connected on the go

See where they are

It's helpful to be able to find your family when they're on the go. With Family Link, you can locate your children on one map, as long as they're carrying their device.**

Get notifications and alerts

Family Link delivers critical notifications including when your child arrives or leaves a certain location. You can also ring devices and view the device's remaining battery life.

Stay connected on the go

See where they are

It's helpful to be able to find your family when they're on the go. With Family Link, you can locate your children on one map, as long as they're carrying their device.**

Get notifications and alerts

Family Link delivers critical notifications including when your child arrives or leaves a certain location. You can also ring devices and view the device's remaining battery life.

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Family Link from Google - Family Safety & Parental Control Tools

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With Family Link, you decide what's best for your family. Easy to use tools allow you to understand how your child is spending time on their device, share location, manage privacy settings, and more.* Find the screen time that works best for your child.

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Kiddle is a safe search engine, offering a safe web, image, and video search. Results are vetted by editors.

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Kidrex is provided free of charge, as is and with no warranty of any kind by Alarms.org.

Alarms.org goal is to provide friendly and easy to use to resources for both online and offline safety. Our team of experts posts new information all the time with a goal of helping you live a safer, more secure life.

Getting bullied online? See our guide to cyberbullying for tips and useful resources.

Some of our most useful resources include the following guides:

Notes about ads and content:

Ads are provided by Google. We do not have any control of them. If you find an ad that is inappropriate please contact Google directly.

We work diligently to remove reported material that is not appropriate for children; however all removal is at our sole discretion. While we do our best to screen for unsuitable material, use of Kidrex is at your own discretion. As a general rule, do not leave children unsupervised in front of a computer with internet access.
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WackySafe.com: No 1 Kids Safe Search Engine for Home or School ✅

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The No1 Search Engine for Kids. The most robust safe search engine for kids. Strict filtering of search results, ideal kids at home or schools.

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Kaspersky Safe Kids - Parental Control App Features | Kaspersky

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Parental control and digital wellbeing software

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Keep your family safe online with customisable parental controls from Virgin Media. Whether it's blocking unsuitable websites with Essential Security or pausing WiFi through the Virgin Media Connect app, you don't need to pay extra to keep kids safe at home.
And for total peace of mind, you can upgrade to Advanced Security.

What are parental controls?

Parental controls are a set of tools designed to protect children online by restricting access to inappropriate or adult content. With parental controls, you can help your family find a healthy balance between the online and real world, by setting time limits on internet and device use. These tools can be installed across all devices, including mobile phones, computers and consoles.

Virgin Media Essential Security

Virgin Media Essential Security comes as standard on all Virgin Media broadband packages.

Essential Security slots straight into your home life, so you and the kids can enjoy all the stuff you love on the internet in a safer, healthier way. No more scam websites or unsuitable content - just head to your My Virgin Media account to customise what to block and when.

Essential Security is always on guard, warning you before your devices are exposed to anything malicious. So your family can browse to the max, knowing we've got your backs. The best bit? It's built into your home's WiFi network, at no extra cost - and it's automatically activated when you join us, so you don't need to lift a finger.

Essential Security's parental controls lets the account holder block sites that they consider inappropriate for their children, for added web safety and online security. You can manage the parental control settings for your family in the Account Settings section of My Virgin Media. Parental controls are easily customisable by clicking on the Categories, Websites or Set timer filters, so that you can control the level of protection. By turning on and opting in to parental controls, Virgin Media will block the following unsuitable site categories automatically:

Pornography

Violence

Crime

Hate

Drugs

Hacking

Suicide and self-harm

Address hiding

These categories will remain blocked until you turn parental controls off. If parental controls are turned off, the settings are saved until parental controls are turned on again. Only the main account holder can turn parental controls on or off.

Find out how to set up Essential Security

Virgin Media Connect app

The Connect app is the control unit for your WiFi that lets you optimise your WiFi to your needs. You can see all your connected devices and pause WiFi to individual ones whenever you like - perfect for when it's the kids' bedtime.

Find out more about the Connect app here.

Virgin Media Advanced Security

Although Essential Security protects all your devices connected via our WiFi Hub, Virgin Media Advanced Security, protects the device it's installed on - wherever you are in the world. Advanced Security is powered by F-Secure, our award winning security partner.

Keep kids safe online and help them find a healthy balance with flexible family tools, including customisable blocks on stuff they don't need to see. If you're not sure where to start, you can always select pre-defined rules depending on the age of your child. Plus, you can protect family time by hitting pause on digital content by putting time limits on kids' devices.

Advanced Security is powered by F-Secure - our award winning security partner. Browse, bank and buy worry-free with watertight antivirus checking and instant alerts against phishing websites, so you're warned long before anyone can steal your identity, passwords or bank details.

Sign up today and get Advanced Security on all your devices for three months at no extra cost - then download it on all your online devices to get going. We won't ask for any payment info - so you don't need to worry about sneaky auto-renewals or unexpected bills.

For the best protection, we recommend using both Virgin Media Essential Security and Advanced Security.

Go to the Virgin Media Advanced Security help page to find out more and register for Advanced Security to start your 3-month trial today.

Top tips for mums and dads

Your child's ability to safely navigate the internet is a skill they'll need throughout their lifetime. So teaching them about web safety and good online habits from a young age is vital. Our online security measures mean they can enjoy the digital freedom to explore, develop, progress and play, within the boundaries you choose to set.

Here are some helpful resources to help make sure your child stays safe, wherever and whenever they're online.

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Switched On Families

Modern life is busy, and you may not always be present when your child is using the internet. That's why we've put together an interactive guide to give families honest and useful advice on keeping safe online, called Switched On Families. Stay informed and make sure your tribe is benefitting from all the good stuff the web has to offer, with none of the risk.

Go to Switched on Families

Internet Matters

Virgin Media and other major broadband providers have launched Internet Matters, a not-for-profit organisation that offers expert advice and practical online security tips to keep families safe; while supporting broadband parental controls.

Go to Internet Matters

Reporting online threats

If you find terrorist information, photos or videos while online, please report it through the dedicated government site. You can also report threats anonymously if you'd prefer.

Report an incident

The legal stuff

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No setup fee

This promotion means you won't pay the usual setup fee of £35. No setup fee is available on all bundles, broadband & phone, and broadband only packages. If you can set up using a Self-Install pack, but choose to use an engineer for the installation, you'll still be charged £30 for this service.

These prices are for new customers only.

Virgin Media services are only available in eligible Virgin Media network areas. Virgin TV 360 and, for the time being, home phone are not available in new network expansion areas.

All of the products on this page are subject to survey, network capacity and a credit check.

Each service has a minimum contract length that's shown in your basket.

If you take a bundle with both Virgin Media and O2, you'll have separate contracts and bills - one for Virgin Media, and another for O2.

Priority is a service from O2 that current Virgin Media customers aged 16+ can also use.

Offers are subject to eligibility and availability.

Read the terms on the Priority app or at o2.co.uk/terms

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Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in social media, forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content. Cyberbullying includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. It can include sharing personal or private information about someone else causing embarrassment or humiliation. Some cyberbullying crosses the line into unlawful or criminal behavior.

The most common places where cyberbullying occurs are:

Social Media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tik Tok

Text messaging and messaging apps on mobile or tablet devices

Instant messaging, direct messaging, and online chatting over the internet

Online forums, chat rooms, and message boards, such as Reddit

Email

Online gaming communities

Special Concerns

With the prevalence of social media and digital forums, comments, photos, posts, and content shared by individuals can often be viewed by strangers as well as acquaintances. The content an individual shares online - both their personal content as well as any negative, mean, or hurtful content - creates a kind of permanent public record of their views, activities, and behavior. This public record can be thought of as an online reputation, which may be accessible to schools, employers, colleges, clubs, and others who may be researching an individual now or in the future. Cyberbullying can harm the online reputations of everyone involved - not just the person being bullied, but those doing the bullying or participating in it. Cyberbullying has unique concerns in that it can be:

Persistent - Digital devices offer an ability to immediately and continuously communicate 24 hours a day, so it can be difficult for children experiencing cyberbullying to find relief.

Permanent - Most information communicated electronically is permanent and public, if not reported and removed. A negative online reputation, including for those who bully, can impact college admissions, employment, and other areas of life.

Hard to Notice - Because teachers and parents may not overhear or see cyberbullying taking place, it is harder to recognize.

Laws and Sanctions

All states have laws requiring schools to respond to bullying. As cyberbullying has become more prevalent with the use of technology, many states now include cyberbullying, or mention cyberbullying offenses, under these laws. Schools may take action either as required by law, or with local or school policies that allow them to discipline or take other action. Some states also have provisions to address bullying if it affects school performance. You can learn about the laws and policies in each state, including if they cover cyberbullying.

Frequency of Cyberbullying

There are two sources of federally collected data on youth bullying:

The 2019 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice) indicates that, nationwide, about 16 percent of students in grades 9-12 experienced cyberbullying.

The 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) indicates that an estimated 15.9% of high school students were electronically bullied in the 12 months prior to the survey.

See also " Frequency of Bullying."

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Screen Time shows you how much time you spend on apps, websites and more. This way, you can make more informed decisions about how you use your devices. You can also set limits and restrictions for what you want to manage - on your own device or a child's device.

1. Go to Settings > Screen Time.

2. Tap App & Website Activity, then tap Turn On App & Website Activity.

After you enable Screen Time, you'll see a report showing how you use your device, apps and websites. If it's your child's device, you can set up Screen Time and create settings on their device or you can use Family Sharing to configure your child's device from your own device. After you've set up your child's device, you can also use Family Sharing to see reports and adjust settings from your device.
Find out how to use Parental Controls on your child's iPhone or iPad
You can set a passcode so that only you can change Screen Time settings, allow more time when app limits expire, and set content and privacy limitations on a child's device.

1. Go to Settings > Screen Time.

2. Scroll down and choose the child's name under Family.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up the Screen Time settings that you want for the child.

4. Enter a Screen Time passcode when prompted. Re-enter the passcode to confirm.

1. Make sure you're on the device used by the child.

2. Go to Settings > Screen Time.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up the Screen Time settings that you want for the child.

4. Enter a Screen Time passcode when prompted. Re-enter the passcode to confirm.

Find out what to do if you forgot your Screen Time passcode
Go to Settings > Screen Time. Then tap See all Activity and select a category in the list below to set limits and restrictions.

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What to Know

This article explains how to enable Digital Wellbeing & parental controls on Android 10 and up. It also outlines how to set app timers, bedtime mode, focus mode, and parental controls.

How to Set Up Digital Wellbeing on Android

Android's Digital Wellbeing feature tracks your daily screen time, notifications, and phone unlocks. The Digital Wellbeing feature is accessible through your device's settings. You need to enable it as it's not on by default. Here's how to set it up.

1. Toggle on Daily device usage.

The circle graph on the Digital Wellbeing screen shows which apps you've been using. Inside the circle, you can see your total screen time, and underneath that, how many times you've unlocked and how many notifications you've received.

2. Your smartphone will now log app usage, notifications, and device unlocks.

You can also access Digital Wellbeing via an app shortcut. Scroll down on the main screen and toggle on Show icon in the app list.

Keep Your Screen Time in Check

The Digital Wellbeing app has two types of tools to help you reduce screen time and distractions: Ways to disconnect and Reduce interruptions.

Ways to disconnect include app timers, bedtime mode, and focus mode. The Reduce interruptions sections has shortcuts to app notification management and Do Not Disturb mode.

How to Set Up App Timers

To cut down on screen time, you can set a daily timer for the apps you use the most, so you don't get stuck down the Instagram rabbit hole or playing a game when you should be working or interacting with others. Once you've hit the limit, you'll get a notification that the timer ran out, the app icon will grey out, and you won't be able to open it until after midnight unless you turn it off manually.

1. You'll see a list of the apps you use most frequently. Tap an app to view screen time, notifications, and times opened on a daily or hourly clip. Tap the hourglass icon next to an app to set a timer.

You can also add a timer by tapping App Timer on the app info page.

2. Set a time limit (all timers reset at midnight) and tap OK.

3. To remove a timer, tap the garbage can icon next to it.

How to Set Up Bedtime Mode

Bedtime mode helps you wind down by silencing your phone and turning the screen grayscale, so you're not staying up late scrolling through social media or reading.

You can set up the bedtime mode based on a schedule or when you plug in the phone to charge before heading to bed. In both scenarios, you set a sleep time and wake time.

Tap Customize to have Do Not Disturb to turn on when you go to sleep and choose whether the screen goes grayscale.

How to Use Focus Mode

Focus mode lets you temporarily pause apps manually or on a schedule. You can choose the time and day of the week or multiple.

From here, you can also take a break from focus mode if you need some time to goof around.

How to Reduce Interruptions in Digital Wellbeing

In the Reduce Interruptions section, you can manage app notifications and turn on do not disturb mode.

Manage Kids' Screen Time With Parental Controls

The last section is for parental controls. You can manage a child's account if you are the default parent account on their device.

Set Up Parental Controls On Your Phone

You can start setting up parental controls from the Digital wellbeing settings page, but then you'll need to install Family Link, a Google app. The app requires that both you and your child have a Google account.

1. Go to Settings > Digital wellbeing & parental controls.

2. You'll see a prompt to download the Family Link app. Download it and follow the on-screen prompts.

Set Up Your Child's Phone

You'll need to link your email accounts on your child's phone before you can manage their screen time and other settings.

1. On your child's phone, go to Settings > Digital wellbeing & parental controls.

2. Tap add or create account for your child if it doesn't show up on the screen. Once you've added it, select it from the list. Then follow the on-screen prompts.

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This article explains how to enable Digital Wellbeing & parental controls on Android 10 and up. It also outlines how to set app timers, bedtime mode, focus mode, and parental controls. Android's Digital Wellbeing feature tracks your daily screen time, notifications, and phone unlocks. The Digital Wellbeing feature is accessible through your device's settings.

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Staying safe online in a world of viral trends and hidden risks

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The internet connects us, entertains us, and lets us share ideas worldwide. Social media platforms like TikTok are hugely popular, especially among young people, offering a creative outlet through short videos, music, and trends. But TikTok has risks as well as rewards.