Enquiring about Bebo content?
The first thing you should do if you are having issues with content on the Bebo website, is report the matter to the website owners. Once you have informed them of the existence of harmful content on their site they are obliged to removed it within a reasonable amount of time.
We are advising parents and teachers who have concerns about content on the site, to use the on-line Bebo reporting tool. Click on the 'Report Abuse' link underneath the main photo on the violators homepage.
If you are not a member of the Bebo website you can report abuses on the bebo site by submitting your issues through the Contact Us form here >>>
In all cases when reporting abuse, you should be aware that Bebo will need any of the following details that apply to what is being reported so that they can identify the content concerned:
- Username or member ID #
- Email address
- Name of the School
- The exact location of the content (name of the photo, club, poll, forum, or quiz)
Webwise has developed advice on social networking website – read more >>>.
The Bebo website is not available through the Schools Broadband network. Sites of this nature are categorised as “Personals and Dating” sites and are not accessible through any of the current content filtering options. However it is most likely that it will be accessed from home or from a friend’s house., and it is here that parents need to monitor use.
If you are a teacher or ICT Coordinator and are aware of a website which may need to be blocked or re-categorised, contact the NCTE Broadband Service Desk.
If you have a serious concern that content / misuse encountered on the Internet may be illegal, you should report it to Hotline.ie. The www.hotline.ie service was established in November 1999 to combat illegal child pornography on the Internet. The service provides a secure and confidential environment where you may anonymously report such content if you encounter it on the Internet. Whilst the primary focus of the Hotline remains Child Pornography, other forms of illegal material do exist on the Internet (such as racist material, incitement to violence against individuals, etc.) and these may be reported using the Hotline service. To report suspected illegal content / misuse, use the on-line form on www.hotline.ie .
