Hi all,
Wondering if anyone can help and is more tech savvy than I am! My sons school does spot checks on their phones to ensure parental controls are set up. They sent out a guide at the beginning of term on how to set up parental controls and I followed it to the letter. My son had a spot check today and they were able to access gambling websites on his phone. I got a call from the deputy head and said I've done everything I was told to do but I'll have another look this evening and try to work out what else I need to do.
So when my son returned from school I double checked everything and all controls are in place. I rang up my mobile phone network provider and asked them and they basically said not every website is able to be filtered. I double checked the obviously adult related content and he is definitely restricted from accessing pornography or anything of that nature.
I mean in order to gamble you have to be over 18 as they check you on the electoral register and if they can't match you up you have to send verification documents so the whole thing is a bit of a farce to be honest!
I've explained to the school via email what my network provider said, but what else can I do to ensure he doesn't get his phone confiscated at another of these checks? I've done literally everything they told me to do to block adult content!
Does anyone know if that's actually true that some websites just slip through the filters, or is that just what my mobile phone company told me to get me off the phone?