This episode explores the growing risk of AI-generated deepfakes and non-consensual intimate images, and what this means for children and families.

Anna explains how easily realistic images and videos can now be created using widely available apps, often without technical skill, age checks, or safeguards. While much public attention has focused on one platform, the reality is that hundreds of tools already exist that allow people to manipulate images, remove clothing, or generate explicit content of real people without consent.

Crucially, this is not just about adults harming children. Increasingly, these tools are being used in child-on-child abuse, bullying, blackmail, and sextortion. Even creating or requesting these images, whether shared or not, can now constitute a criminal offence.

The episode also highlights a second major risk: AI chatbots. Many children and teenagers are using chatbots as confidants, friends, or emotional support, often without adults realising. Unlike trusted adults, these tools cannot safeguard, escalate concerns, or protect young people. In some cases, they have actively provided harmful or inappropriate advice.

The key message for parents and carers is clear: this is a fast-moving space, and nobody is expected to know everything. What matters most is keeping conversations open, calm, and ongoing so children feel safe to speak up, ask questions, and seek real human support.

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This episode is a little different. Instead of a typical conversation or topic deep dive, I’m sharing the full replay of a recent Online Safety Leadership Briefing I delivered for schools. It was created for headteachers, DSLs, safeguarding leads and governors, and the aim was simple: to give a clear, current picture of what children are really experiencing online in 2025.

You will hear the full session exactly as it was delivered, including the live Q&A at the end. The content is practical, honest and designed to help schools understand the fast moving risks around AI chatbots, deepfakes, gaming platforms, nudify apps, social media trends and online exploitation. It also highlights how these behaviours are showing up in classrooms and pastoral teams every day, along with ideas for improving parent engagement and whole school safeguarding.

Please be aware that this episode includes discussion of sensitive topics including self harm, online grooming, sextortion and harmful content. Nothing graphic is described, but listener discretion is advised.

If you prefer to watch the full video recording, it is available here: https://youtu.be/nVVZ-3afg70

If you work in education or safeguarding, this will give you a strong overview of the issues shaping online safety right now and practical steps you can start to build into your approach.

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What does online safety really look like in 2025?

In this hard-hitting episode, Anna Sarjantson, founder of Screen-Safe, joins Michelle Edmondson on the Talent First podcast to talk openly about the very real risks our children face online — and what we, as adults, must do about it.

They explore the uncomfortable rise of AI-generated boyfriends like Bad Rudy, the rise in sextortion and anonymous group chats, and the role platforms like TikTok and OnlyFans are playing in shaping a child’s digital worldview. But this isn’t a fear-mongering conversation — it’s about awareness, empowerment and action.

Whether you’re a parent, teacher, HR leader or carer, this is a powerful, practical listen that will shift your perspective and strengthen your digital toolkit.

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