Schoolchildren in London will be recruited into the largest ever study to investigate the impact of mobile phone use on teenagers’ developing brains.
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The Independent
20 May 2014
Over the last few months quite a few new messaging apps have been released giving young people different spaces to share secrets anonymously online
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UK Safer Internet Centre
15 May 2014
Google has received fresh takedown requests after a European court ruled that an individual could force it to remove "irrelevant and outdated" search results, the BBC has learned.
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BBC
15 May 2014
How females are just as likely to be abused by their own sex as by men
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Daily Mail
15 May 2014
A 17-year-old girl who admitted making a "grossly offensive" comment on Facebook after a boy's sudden death in Swansea has been cautioned by police.
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BBC
15 May 2014
A ruling forcing Google to remove search results has been described as "astonishing" by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
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BBC
14 May 2014
A Twitter troll who posted abusive messages about the fatal stabbing of teacher Ann Maguire has been jailed for eight weeks.
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Daily Mail
14 May 2014
Carphone Warehouse boss warns against school roll-out
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TES
14 May 2014
The UK’s four biggest internet service providers (ISPs) - Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk and BT - have combined forces to launch a campaign designed to promote awareness of internet safety.
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UK Safer Internet Centre
14 May 2014
On Tuesday, the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union set a major precedent over what is referred to as the "right to be forgotten".
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BBC
14 May 2014
Childnet, partners in the UK Safer Internet Centre, have launched a discussion forum to invite educators to share their experiences about autism and online safety, which will feed into a new toolkit for educators.
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UK Safer Internet Centre
13 May 2014
The National Centre for Cyberstalking Research is trying to find out more about this very modern crime - its prevalence, the motivation of those who perpetrate it and how best to tackle it.
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BBC
13 May 2014
Cyber bullying of children via social media sites is now a bigger problem than face-to-face harassment, say psychologists.
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Daily Mail
13 May 2014
A NORTH-EAST MP is leading calls for a system of checks to be introduced to stop anyone under-18 accessing online pornography.
Helen Goodman, Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, has tabled a number of amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill which will be debated by MPs in Parliament
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The Northern Echo
13 May 2014
Some 53% of parents do not use controls designed to stop their children from looking at violent or pornographic imagery, campaigners for greater online safety found.
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ITV
13 May 2014
It is a new phenomenon that psychiatrists are beginning to notice, perhaps a millennial form of writing a diary or poetry to express anxiety or distress, or a red light to friends and family that something is wrong. Now, by posting the distress online, the self-hatred has an audience.
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Huffington Post
12 May 2014
Michael Gove who has written to all schools and colleges in England urging them to be alert for signs of radicalisation, exploitation and cyberbullying of students
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The Guardian
08 May 2014
Hackers have stolen the personal data of 1.3 million customers from the French branch of mobile network operator and internet service provider Orange.
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BBC
08 May 2014
The E2BN conference is aimed at teachers, Heads, technical staff, Local Authority employees, school governors and all those interested in raising educational standards through the use of technology.
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E2BN
08 May 2014
Latest Statutory guidance for schools and colleges
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Department for Education
08 May 2014