Internet Safety for Parents
The button has been developed to offer anyone living in the UK a simple and convenient mechanism for gaining access to reporting routes for commonly used social networking sites, gaming platforms, apps and streaming services alongside trusted online safety advice, help and support. It also provides access to an online mechanism for reporting online harm to the RHC service for those over the age of 13 where an intial report has been made to industry but no action has been taken. RHC will review content in line with a sites' community standards and act in a mediatory capacity where content goes against these.
Children under 13 years of age are encouraged to tell an adult that they trust about what has happened and to ask for their help in reporting this going through our how we can help resource together.
RHC also have advice and links to reporting routes for other online harms people may come across or face, such as impersonation, privacy violations and intimate image abuse.
The RHC button provides a gateway to the RHC reporting pages, an area of the RHC website offering:
links to reporting routes on commonly used sites for 8 types of online harm
help, advice and support on what to do if experiencing or witnessing harm online
signposting to industry partners reporting forms and the ability to reportlegal but harmful content directly to RHC for further investigation
Internet Safety
Online safety for our children is very important in this day and age so we ensure that we cover the topic on an ongoing basis.
Use the links below to find out more about issues related to internet safety
The NSPCC have produced excellent guides to e-safety concerns for parents. Click on links to view printable guides.
Social Networking
We would like to remind parents that age restrictions for sites such as Facebook and Twitter are currently age 13. Realistically however, we acknowledge that younger children do have access to these sites so would remind parents to ensure that adequate precautions are taken to keep your child safe.
Click on links for printable leaflets giving advice for staying safe using social media.