Now the norm for many teens, it often predates real relationships, but has damaging effects
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Daily Mail
21 Oct 2014
Ask any teen if he or she suffers from social media anxiety and the answer will probably be no.
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Fox News
21 Oct 2014
Our life on the internet consists of games, rules and norms that do not apply in real life
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The Independent
21 Oct 2014
Internet trolls who subject victims to vile abuse are to be jailed for up to two years under a tough Government crackdown.
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Daily Mail
21 Oct 2014
Paul Parkinson has made a powerful statement about the effects of bullying on victim and family with his movie Nowhere Safe. Cyber-bullying, especially among high school teens, is a new form of terrorizing your target victim. The movie, inspired by true events tells the story of two teen girls, who victimize their target by pretending to be her.
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Huffington Post
20 Oct 2014
The parents of a schoolboy who set up a fake Facebook page to ridicule a classmate are facing a libel trial because they failed to take the page down.
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Mirror
20 Oct 2014
Schoolgirls have been sent sexually explicit and inappropriate messages on Facebook.
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Daily Post North Wales
20 Oct 2014
Teachers should keep their distance from parents as much as pupils on social media sites for fear of being “trolled” in revenge for classroom punishments, a head teacher has advised.
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The Times
20 Oct 2014
Merseyside children as young as nine are placing themselves in danger by swapping nude and topless photographs, a campaigner today warns.
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Liverpool Echo
20 Oct 2014
Anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label has published advice for youngsters on how to deal with cyberbullying.
The charity defines cyberbullying as 'the use of digital technologies with an intent to offend, humiliate, threaten, harass or abuse somebody'.
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ITV
16 Oct 2014
CEOP advice following the leak of images originating from Snapchat
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Thinkuknow
16 Oct 2014
Organised by Get Safe Online, a partnership between the Government, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), Ofcom and private sector sponsors, Get Safe Online Week aims to educate, inform and raise awareness of internet security issues to encourage confident, safe use of the internet.
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Childnet International
15 Oct 2014
Rather than restricting or monitoring internet use, parents should let their children discover the net, both good and bad, themselves, the report says.
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BBC
15 Oct 2014
Youngsters at a Fleetwood secondary school have been warned about the dangers of social media after ‘nasty personal attacks’ were launched on the headteacher
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The Gazette (Blackpool)
15 Oct 2014
A school teacher has been suspended over allegations he posted ‘racist’ messages on Facebook about Muslims.
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Mirror
15 Oct 2014
Cyberbullying, particularly over mobile, is an unfortunate trend. According to the Cyberbullying Research Center (CRC), over 80% of teens use a cell phone regularly, which is why bullying over that medium is so common.
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Business Insider (Australia)
15 Oct 2014
The “Snappening” leak of Snapchat photos and videos may not be as big as previously thought.
The leak, which started on Friday, was thought to be a hoax by those struggling to find the photos but it has now been confirmed.
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The Independent
15 Oct 2014
Three quarters of Britons are risking their safety online by using simple passwords that are not secure, a Government survey has revealed.
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Yahoo News
15 Oct 2014
A third of 15 to 18-year-olds in the UK have met someone in person they originally met through social media.
The figure comes from an exclusive online Newsbeat poll of 1,015 British teenagers, put together by Comres.
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BBC
14 Oct 2014
In her latest guest post, Kathryn Tremlett of the UK Safer Internet Centre’s POSHelpline says it’s time to start thinking ahead to next year’s Safer Internet Day
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Schools Improvement Net
14 Oct 2014