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Protecting children online with parental controls

We welcome the continued focus from Government, and specifically the Prime Minister, on the hugely important issue of protecting children online. TalkTalk remains the only ISP to ask new customers to make an upfront decision about using parental controls. Since we began doing this in March, one in three new customers has chosen to activate them; [...]

How the web could save the world

The internet could be key to beating climate change in the coming decades, according to a report by a United Nations organisation. The Broadband Bridge, by the UN’s International Telecommunications Union, calls for governments around the world to join together policies around protecting the environment and developing broadband that is affordable for all. It says that Information [...]

Promoting online safety by keeping kids safe on the streets

Child safety has long been an important issue for TalkTalk. We’ve been working hard to help keep children safe online through our unique HomeSafe security service, but having recently learnt of the funding difficulties faced by school crossing patrols, we’re no longer looking only at child safety on the ‘information superhighway’ but also on real-life [...]

Fabulous prizes going for a song

Are you looking for a way to keep your children interested in making music until the X Factor returns this summer? TalkTalk is proud to support a brilliant singing and songwriting competition, The Song Academy Young Singer Songwriter Competition. Organisers are looking for children and young people aged six to 18 years who can write [...]

8.5 million homes victim of a cyber attack

The internet is ultimately a wonderful thing that helps us communicate with friends, access a world of information and even save money. But there are some risks we need to be aware of, just like in the real world. Well over eight million homes in the UK experienced some form of cyber-attack in the first [...]

How has technology affected your family’s life?

It’s National Family Week and to mark it some interesting research has been released on how technology affects family life. Apparently parents spend an average of 1,500 minutes on the phone to family members over the course of a year, as well as sending an average of 312 emails and 600 texts messages to their children.

Importance of broadband access for Britain’s schoolchildren

The government has today announced its plan to give free laptops and broadband access to 270,000 low income families. The intention, it says, is to improve children’s educational opportunities and ensure that busy parents can keep better track of how their kids are doing at school.

Taking your brighter sparks into the digital future

The internet is now a major part of children’s lives at home and at school, so knowing how to keep our kids safe online is an essential skill for modern parents – just like being able to teach them how to cross the road or ride a bike safely.

Bringing magic to kids’ desktops

It’s a fact of modern parenting that kids start using computers from a very young age.

As a parent myself, I know how children love to press buttons and play around with machines. I also know they seem amazingly adept at understanding and using technology, even from as young as three years old.