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All schools should be forced to give teenagers new sex education classes that warn them about internet pornography.

Study of high school students in California suggests that peer pressure is as effective online as it is in person. Peer pressure used to be quite straightforward. You took a group of "cool kids" at a party, added one uncertain teen, and the end result was maybe a first swig of alcohol or puff on a cigarette.

Details of the new e-safety inspection from Ofsted

A uSwitch.com report found the average child gets their first mobile aged 11 years and eight months – soon after starting secondary school. But more than a million received a phone before they started primary school.

Children in eight UK schools are to be given access to new technology as part of a pilot scheme to define how the ‘Internet of Things’ can enhance learning in science, technology, and geography.

Social networking site Ask.fm has unveiled changes to make its site safer after recent online bullying cases.

The suicides of Hannah Smith and Daniel Perry have led people to wonder if the UK is doing enough to protect teenagers online

The tragic story of Daniel Perry, who took his own life after he was apparently blackmailed after befriending someone he thought was a girl of his age online.

Scientists studying a link between Facebook and unhappiness find the more time people spend on the network, the worse they feel.

Almost one in five youngsters who use social networking sites have had a bad experience – including bullying and online stalking – in the past year, the NSPCC has claimed.

Pupils should be taught about the risks of using Twitter in lessons at school, Dominic Grieve the Attorney General has said.

Can anything really be done to stop the deluge of online abuse?