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Mobiles are a great way to keep in touch with your mates
by calling them, texting or sending photo or video messages.
Just like staying safe online, it's a good idea to know what
to do if you start being bullied through your mobile, or if
someone you don't know contacts you.
Mobile Phone Safety Tips
- Keep your phone with you at all times. If you are worried
about someone taking it at school or if you are out, leave
it at home.
- Only give your mobile number to your friends and people
that you trust.
- Don't lend your phone to someone you don't know or trust,
or put it in a place where other people could get hold of
it.
- Most phones allow you to lock your phone with a PIN code.
If you don't have the code you can't unlock it, so if anyone
steals your phone they won't be able to use it.
- If someone is pressuring you into giving them your number,
tell someone about it such as a teacher or a parent.
- If you have Bluetooth on your phone, keep this switched
off when you are not using it.
What can I do if someone is bullying me through my mobile?
It's now quite easy for mobile phone companies to trace the
identity of anyone who is sending nasty or abusive text messages.
If you are being bullied and receiving nasty or threatening
language on your mobile tell an adult, like a parent or teacher,
who can help you put a stop to this.
All UK mobile companies are used to dealing with nusiance
calls and have people you can call who can help you deal with
this.
Remember.
- Don't reply to any nasty messages you receive.
- Keep the messages that you have been sent so you can show
someone.
- Don't answer any calls that are from a withheld number,
or from a number you don't know.
- Change your mobile number and only give your new number
out to close friends.
- If the problem is serious, tell the Police.
- Mobile phone operators can't bar a particular number from
contacting another phone, but you can do this on some handsets.
Check your phone handbook to see if yours can. They can
only take action about the bully's account, such as blocking
it, if the police are involved.
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