While the Internet is a great tool, it does contain a lot of unsuitable content such as violence or pornography. Depending on your age, your parent or carer may not be comfortable with you accessing content like that before you’re ready.
It also might just be distressing or upsetting for you, particularly if you’re not expecting it!
Parental controls won’t be able to filter out all of this content so your parent or carer might want to have a chat with you about what to do if you come across content that upsets you.Â
But before that, there are some things you can do to protect yourself while you’re online: