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with the confidence and practical skills to be able to have informed and age-appropriate  \nconversations with children about online safety,mental health and wellbeing,and climate change.Formerly delivered by National Online Safety,these guides now address wider topics and themes.  \nFor further guides,hints and tips,please visit nationalcollege.com.  \nWhat Parents &Educators Needto Knowabout  \nWHATSAPP  \ngRESTR/Ccz  \nWhatsApp is a free messaging service owned by Meta which allows users to send text and voice  \nmessages,make video calls,share multimedia-such as images,videos,documents and polls-WHAT AREand have group chats.WhatsApp messages are encrypted,meaning only the sender and theTHE RISKS?recipient can view what is sent.While this privacy may sound attractive on paper,this app comeswith several associated risks that must be considered-especially for younger users.Group chats let friends talk togetherWhatsApp's simplicity makes sharingbut can pose problems foryoung users.news quick-accurate or not.To help curbThey might feel excluded-like discoveringmisinformation,messages forwarded over fiveevents they weren't invited to.Hurtful commentstimes now show a'Forwarded many times'labelcan also escalate quickly,as more people joinwith a double arrow.This alerts users that thein,amplifying the impact through a widermessage isn't original and may be unreliable.audience.  \nFAKE NEWS  \n# GROUP CHATS\n\nEVOLVING SCAMSCHAT LOCKWhatsApp's popularity makes it attractive toThe new'Chat lock'feature lets usersscammers.Tactics include impersonating astore specific messages ina separatechild in an'emergency'to request money,orpasscode-or biometrically-protected folder.triggering a login code,then pretending to beWhile useful for privacy,it could be misused byWhatsApp and asking for it-giving themyounger users to hide conversations or contentaccess to private messages and personal data.they know parents and educators might findinappropriate,including age-restrictedmaterial.'Channels'let users follow topicsanonymously,interacting only through pollsor emoji reactions.However,fake channels canmimic real ones,spreading misinformation,WhatsApp's 'live location'feature helps friendshate speech,or phishing for personal data.meet up or parents check a child's route home.WhatsApp may also collect and shareHowever,anyone in a child's group chats canchannel-following info with third parties,track their location,potentially revealing theirraising privacy issues.home address or regular travel patterns to  \n# CHANNELS\n\nVISIBLE LOCATION  \nstrangers.Disappearing messages help sharesensitive info,but young people mayMeta Al on WhatsApp poses risks towrongly assume they're fully private.children,including exposure to misinformation,Senders can opt for their message to vanishinappropriate content,and data privacy issues.after 24 hours,7 days,or 90 days -or for media,Al responses may be inaccurate,and kids mightafter one view.However,recipients can still saveshare personal information unknowingly.It canthem by bookmarking or taking screenshots,also hinder critical thinking by offeringreducing their privacy.…·NINE...ready-made answers.  \n# DISAPPEARING MESSAGES\n\nAI INTEGRATION  \nSECDST CODEAdvice for Parents &EducatorsEncourage children to treat unexpected messages with caution.Get them toHelp children understand why it's important to stop and think before posting orconsider,for example,whether it sounds like something a friend or relative wouldforwarding something on WhatsApp.It's easy-and all too common-for content sent toreally send them.Make sure they know never to share personal details overone user to then be shared more widely,and even publicly on social media.EncourageWhatsApp,and to be wary of clicking on any links in messages.Setting up two-stepthem to consider how anill-judged message might damage their reputation or upset aIt's wise to change a child's 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