OOVOO.COM - E-safety threat

[woody]

This is one to pass to your e-safety officer so that they can provide advice, warning to students.

 

Parents warned after claims paedophiles are using smartphone app to target children - Manchester Evening News

 

The site is very open and is easy to join with false credentials, with no need for email verification. Scary!

 

[Edit] It is actually an App but you can register via the website as well.

Edited March 3, 2015 by woody

[Arreks]

There will always be another 'free video and messaging' app or website - filtering them every time shouldn't be the way of dealing with the problem IMO.

[abillybob]

Added to our blacklist. Cheers.

 

There will always be another 'free video and messaging' app or website - filtering them every time shouldn't be the way of dealing with the problem IMO.

 

That's a strange way of looking at things. How about there will always be another porn website or app, would you apply the same train of thought to that? Pedo's are on it and so I will block it in school to prevent and protect the students and teachers to the best I can.

 

I'm interested to know how you'd deal with this in school?

Edited March 3, 2015 by abillybob

[woody]

There will always be another 'free video and messaging' app or website - filtering them every time shouldn't be the way of dealing with the problem IMO.

 

I didn't suggest filtering it, I suggested passing it to whoever deals with e-safety at your school

[Arreks]

That's a strange way of looking at things. How about there will always be another porn website or app, would you apply the same train of thought to that? Pedo's are on it and so I will block it in school to prevent and protect the students and teachers to the best I can.

 

I'm interested to know how you'd deal with this in school?

 

I didn't say that they shouldn't be filtered, I said that filtering shouldn't be the only way of dealing with it.

 

A 10 year old child was let on the website unsupervised, is that not the bigger issue here?

 

*edit*

 

In fact the website states that users under the age of 13 aren't even allowed on it, period. Not that being 13 is much of a difference, I wouldn't let a child in general be on a website like that unsupervised.

Edited March 3, 2015 by Arreks

[IrritableTech]

Behavior needs to change, and that requires education. Blocking one website or social network does not fix the behavior of an individual, and some may argue that it could encourage more risky behavior outside of the walled garden. Anonymous messaging services (whether text, images or video) have inherent risks within them. Schools should be advising pupils on risks, offering support when something goes wrong and promoting positive online behavior.

 

Thank you for highlighting the article to members @woody - to be warned is to be forearmed. If a pupil comes into school with a concern, I've now got more knowledge about the service to better understand the issue.

Edited March 3, 2015 by IrritableTech