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Internet Safety – WhatsApp

Internet Matters has some excellent advice about WhatsApp for parents and carers: https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/whatsapp-safety-a-how-to-guide-for-parents/.
They also share advice about activating parental controls to manage screen time, block inappropriate content, prevent accidental spending and keep children safe: https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/.
The following link from the NSPCC also gives lots of good advice to parents regarding young people and WhatsApp: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-safety-blog/2023-01-12-is-whatsapp-safe-for-my-child/.

Please also be reminded that the minimum age to use WhatsApp is 13 therefore children under this age should not be using it.