We Have Received Advice from the Liverpool Cyber Safety Team That the App 'Musical.Ly'

Dear parents,

We have received advice from the Liverpool Cyber Safety Team that the app 'Musical.ly' is increasingly being used by those wishing to groom children, due to the age of most of its users.

They say: "We have dealt with about 6-8 jobs involving Musical.ly within the past 6 months. It certainly appears to be an application that paedophiles are looking to exploit as the main users of Musical.ly are children, aged 8-12 years old."

This does not necessarily mean your child is in danger if they have or use the app, but it's important to check your child's profiles if they use any form of social media account (including YouTube channels), particularly to make sure they are not revealing any personal information about themselves online.

A helpful website for information is saferinternet.org, which offers a range of advice to parents and young people. There is also more specific advice about the app itself here

Please note, this is not intended to cause alarm, but just to pass on information that we've received from the Local Authority.

Kind regards,

Mr Butland

Subject Leader for Computing

LEARNING SCHOOL

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We managed to raise:

£235.30 for CAFOD from Harvest and Christmas card donations.

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Tuesday –Year 3 Friday – Year 5

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