{"id":4338,"date":"2025-04-30T08:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/?p=4338"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:05:41","slug":"whatsapp-online-safety-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2025\/04\/30\/whatsapp-online-safety-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp Online Safety Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The fantastic team at Get Safe Online would like to raise awareness around a new WhatsApp group doing the rounds amongst children across the UK. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The WhatsApp group is called \u00a0\u2018GOAL ADD 1024 PEOPLE\u2019 which contains inappropriate descriptions, GIFs and videos. These are mainly of a sexual nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Help make sure your child stays safe online with this handy guide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085454\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children.pdf\">WhatsApp Safety for Children<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085544\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2025\/04\/30\/whatsapp-online-safety-guide\/whatsapp-safety-for-children-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085544\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"464,653\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WhatsApp Safety for Children 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085544\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-1-213x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085544\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4340\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085544\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085544\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-1.png 464w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085544\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-1-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085545\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4341\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2025\/04\/30\/whatsapp-online-safety-guide\/whatsapp-safety-for-children-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085545\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"466,646\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WhatsApp Safety for Children 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085545\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-2-216x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085545\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-2.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4341\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085545\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085545\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-2.png 466w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/04\/30085545\/WhatsApp-Safety-for-Children-2-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fantastic team at Get Safe Online would like to raise awareness around a new WhatsApp group doing the rounds amongst children across the UK. The WhatsApp group is called \u00a0\u2018GOAL ADD 1024 PEOPLE\u2019 which contains inappropriate descriptions, GIFs and videos. These are mainly of a sexual nature. Help make sure your child stays safe &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2025\/04\/30\/whatsapp-online-safety-guide\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WhatsApp Online Safety Guide<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62640,53955,53952,53959,16028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent-zone","category-post-16","category-lower-primary","category-secondary-2","category-whole-school-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4344,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions\/4344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}