Predators

Internet predators are people who lie about their age and pretend to be of an age that is similar to your child’s. They can do this with great ease, as all interaction happens from behind a screen with no verification process. These internet predators target children and lure them into meeting them or disclose information/pictures etc without a parent’s knowledge. This process isn’t one that happens overnight either, as this interaction might last for weeks/months or even years, until the predator has built up trust with your child. These internet predators unfortunately exist on most social networks. Predators can be anyone, anywhere, working in any profession. Cybersmarties is a locked down social network meaning only children have access to use it. Each child is verified as a real child through their school and the platform is fully monitored by real people.

Access to Websites

Although one of the positive aspects of the internet is the wide variety of websites that are available, this is also one of its biggest dangers for children. Such availability of websites can lead your child to unintentionally come across inappropriate websites such as grown up social networking websites, adult chat rooms, pornographic websites, and websites that are violent in nature. When children are on Cybersmarties, they cannot access any search engines to bring them to any negative websites. We have games, cartoons, coding, art, memes etc to keep them entertained and keep them on Cybersmarties where they are safe.

Privacy

Not all information is private online. Most social networks have the ability to have either a public or a private account. However, most children who are on grown up social networks have their accounts open, which can lead to personal information being gathered. Cybersmarties holds no data on any child. As we have a unique registration process, we do not need email addresses and at the end of each year each child’s data is erased.

Cybersmarties is the first, safe educational social network for primary school kids. Cybersmarties is only for kids, no adults are allowed – each child is authenticated as a real child.

Cybersmarties is fully monitored and is a fully locked down system. No data is kept on any child and kids cannot upload pictures of themselves (They use fun avatars instead). Kids are currently using CyberSmarties which uses behavioural technology combined with education to teach children positive online behaviour, eliminate cyber-bullying and protect their online presence. There have been .0018% instances of cyberbullying on Cybersmarties to date – We’re very proud of that.