Responding to NSPCC’s calls this morning for compulsory online safety lessons to become part of the curriculum, Welsh Conservative Shadow Secretary for Education and Children, Darren Millar AM, said:
“Online social media platforms can be an open door for tech savvy offenders to make contact with children, who are all too often unaware of the sinister intentions which lie behind an innocuous exchange.
“Children desperately need to be made aware of the tell-tale signs of groomers, and what to do in the event that they are approached online by a stranger. The wiser they are to this kind of behaviour and its dangers the better.
“I wholeheartedly welcome the NSPCC’s calls for compulsory online safety lessons to be integrated into the school curriculum, which I am confident will result in more arrests and fewer incidents of abuse.
“Through working with internet providers, police, charities and communities, we need to ensure that our children are safe from online threats, and that perpetrators are brought to swift justice.”
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