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#safeguarding

3 posts3 participants0 posts today

Not all young love is abusive—but you wouldn’t know it from the way society reacts.

A new law acknowledges that not all teenage relationships are predatory. So why are we still so quick to assume power and manipulation, even in adult relationships with an age gap?

Read the full piece: “It’s Called the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Clause – But Does That Miss the Point?”

voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9777

Vox Political · It’s rightly called the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause – but are we missing the point? - Vox PoliticalIt’s rightly called the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause – but are we missing the point? Do our attitudes need to change as much as the law?

#infoSec question:
What is a safe tool to use for school students to reporting #safeguarding issues?
The current bar is a Google Form, so below ground level. A quick search shows a handful of e2e options - suggestions for what is safe and easy for students and admins (counsellors, not tech people)
Boosts welcome if it's not your speciality.

Elon Musk tweets investigated by #UK counter-extremism unit

It's intensifying surveillance of #Musk’s posts attacking #safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, who said she faced “deluge of #hate” after tech #billionaire accused her of being a “rape genocide apologist”

Just yesterday, the UK’s #terror #watchdog also told LBC that #threats against female MPs such as Phillips could amount to #terrorism.

thenational.scot/news/24848359

The National · Elon Musk tweets investigated by UK counter-extremism unitBy James Walker

"In 2013, David Cameron’s Conservative government published a response to #grooming and #safeguarding that specifically praised #Starmer and Afzal. It said: “Starmer has striven to improve the treatment of victims of sexual assault within the criminal justice system throughout his term as director of public prosecutions … His response should provide a model to the other agencies involved in tackling localised grooming".”

#UKPolitics #Tories

opendemocracy.net/en/far-right

I had thought that this had been effective at the time it was announced: “Today (November 20), Lambeth Palace have issued a statement that following his resignation announcement, the Archbishop of Canterbury intends to complete his official duties by the upcoming Feast of Epiphany (6th January).”

#AnglicanCommunion #Anglicanism #Anglican #Episcopal #Resignation #Safeguarding #SafeChurch #ChurchOfEngland

anglicannews.org/news/2024/11/