e DCS reflecting on the risks this strategy can incur. I suppose my argument on this may be perceived to be very risky, but the behaviour of these children when they’re away from their local boroughs is riskier. Is the risk greater if he’s with his family and we put support workers around him? (DCS, Unitary borough, London Region) 2.8 Safeguarding in relation to children and young people’s online activity Just over two-thirds of survey respondents said that there had been a moderate or significant increase in safeguarding demands as a result of children and young people’s online activity with the relationship drawn between online harms and harms outside the home. There is no clear national data here to draw on; insights on technology-enabled sexual abuse and exploitation are captured across multiple different agencies and collections. Anecdotally, I can report that in all complex strategy meetings I have chaired for the past 12 months, there are concerns regarding children and adults communicating through WhatsApp and more recently TikTok. The selling of drugs and vapes has increased in terms of social media platforms being used, in particular through TikTok. We also have intelligence that suggests that the stealing of cars, motorcycles and bicycles is coordinated by adults and young people using the TikTok online platform. My view is that increasing online activity is facilitating an increase in the exploitation of children and young people. (Survey, County, South West Region) 3 www.contextualsafeguarding.org.uk 23 For many – perhaps most – children, online and offline worlds intersect, and significant aspects of their lives, such as socialising and play, take place online. One responding local authority referenced a survey into young people’s internet usage across the