The revelation in a new report by communications watchdog Ofcom was laid bare yesterday on Safer Internet Day.
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Belfast Telegraph
12 Feb 2014
MPs in Italy have called for action against cyberbullying after a girl of 14, subjected to online abuse, killed herself in a north-eastern town.
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BBC
12 Feb 2014
The app is becoming the hottest new social network among American high school pupils (Facebook has been gathering dust for years). It is only out in North America at the moment, but a similar one called Whisper is available over here, and is climbing the download charts.
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The Telegraph
11 Feb 2014
Children 'unaware' that explicit images are being circulated on the internet
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Daily Mail
11 Feb 2014
Around half of 15 to 17-year-olds have accessed pornography on a smartphone or tablet, according to a survey seen by Newsbeat.
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BBC
11 Feb 2014
School pupils are having more sexually explicit conversations with each other, a teachers' union says.
The ATL union says nearly 40% of its members believe the young people they teach have been pressured into viewing online pornography by their peers.
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BBC
10 Feb 2014
The 20-year-old said he wanted to 'outdo' everyone before drinking deadly cocktail of wine, whisky, vodka and lager
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The Independent
10 Feb 2014
The drinking game, which has gone viral on social media this year, involves taking a video of yourself downing a drink and then "nominating" others online to do the same.
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The Guardian
06 Feb 2014
Playing violent video games for long periods of time can hold back the "moral maturity" of teenagers, according to a study in Canada.
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BBC
06 Feb 2014
A woman has become the first person in Britain to be jailed for trolling herself - after bombarding her own Facebook page with fake abuse.
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Western Daily Press
05 Feb 2014
Eleven students have been expelled from a school in southern California for allegedly hacking teachers' computers and changing their grades.
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BBC
04 Feb 2014
Pressure groups demand social media giant take action after the death of an Irish teenager was linked to the drinking game
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The Independent
04 Feb 2014
The candles on Facebook's 10th birthday cake will barely have been blown out before someone somewhere starts speculating on whether it will ever make 11.
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BBC
04 Feb 2014
From September, computer coding will be taught in schools across England to children aged five and over. This trailblazing education policy could spark a skills revolution and help get to grips with on one of the biggest issues facing the developed world.
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The Guardian
04 Feb 2014
Ahead of Safer Internet Day on February 11, a report reveals that risky online behaviour is putting teenagers in danger of bullying and exploitation.
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Parentdish
31 Jan 2014
A room full of students with a tablet each and a teacher with an enthusiasm for social media is all that is required to engage developing minds.
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BBC
31 Jan 2014
The government is drawing up a list of sites inadvertently blocked by the filters it asked internet service providers (ISPs) to implement.
Many sites on the list are run by charities that aim to educate children and others about health, sex education and drugs issues.
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BBC
31 Jan 2014
The UK needs “a clear legal framework” to tackle the problem of cyberbullying and the suicides of vulnerable young people such as Tallulah Wilson and Harriet Smith, the shadow minister for culture, media and sport said on Wednesday.
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The Guardian
30 Jan 2014
The number of people prosecuted for sending threatening messages online plunged by almost a third last year as campaigners fear hundreds of online abusers are going unpunished under softer prosecution guidelines.
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The Telegraph
30 Jan 2014
Teachers should look through pupils’ mobile phones to delete sexual photos, a minister said yesterday.
Norman Baker, a Home Office minister, said young people had to be taught about the risks of sending intimate photographs of themselves by text, email or instant messaging – a practice known as ‘sexting’.
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Daily Mail
29 Jan 2014