Keeping Your Child Safe Online

What is live streaming?

Live streaming is the transmission or receiving of real time media, usually audio visual, over the internet.
What are the challenges? Live streaming can be improvised, unpredictable and in real time, there is less control over what your child might come across. Live streaming may not allow for moderation or filtering, meaning that young people may see things that are inappropriate or that they weren’t expecting to see, or be subject to inappropriate comments from other users. Young people need to be aware of their environment if they decide to live stream. Background imagery, noises and other factors may give away a lot of personal information. There is also the risk of losing control of content which can be copied, stored or shared by other users. Media over live stream can be recorded and saved, if a viewer decides to screen record or screenshot the content, sometimes without permission.
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