Mind has started working on children’s and young people’s mental health over the past few years, providing support and identifying the need to strengthen mental health services in schools.
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BESA
02 May 2018
Instagram is getting a makeover, with a slew of new features already being rolled out to the photo-sharing platform.
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Tech Radar
02 May 2018
New NSPCC and O2 research has revealed that one in four young people have been contacted over social media by an adult they don’t know, with a third of these children aged under 13.
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On The Wight
02 May 2018
Fortnite automatically lets users speak to other gamers using built-in voice and text chat functions. This, claims the NSPCC, allows children to be contacted by anyone else playing the game.
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The Sun
02 May 2018
The app aims to encourage good behaviour and to communicate with parents, with children awarded points for working hard and perseverance
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The Guardian
30 Apr 2018
The reasons behind the practice are complex and deeply rooted in culture and belief, but it is a clear human rights violation and a form of gender-based discrimination.
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RightsInfo.org
30 Apr 2018
A new feature called "sleep mode" allows you to set boundaries for when your kids can and can’t use the chat app
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CNET
27 Apr 2018
Nationally, more than 6,000 such crimes were recorded by police in England and Wales from April 2013 to last December.
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MSN
26 Apr 2018
Mental health counselling for primary school pupils who need it could provide long-term benefits for the economy, a study by a charity has suggested.
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BBC
26 Apr 2018
The number of cases of peer-on-peer abuse in schools reported to a support charity has doubled in four years.
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BBC
26 Apr 2018
Snapchat has hit back at the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner for “spreading misinformation” about its privacy settings.
Last week, Arfon Jones expressed his “horror” over the social media app’s mapping device, which he claimed shows exactly where a child is unless privacy settings are switched on.
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Daily Post
24 Apr 2018
WhatsApp is raising the minimum age limit of its users to 16 across Europe.
Users of the popular instant messaging service currently have to be at least 13 years old, but the company is enforcing stricter rules ahead of the introduction of new data privacy rules in the EU next month.
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Wessex FM
24 Apr 2018
An estimated 200,000 children in England living with alcohol-dependent parents are to be given faster access to mental health services and support for their families under government plans.
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Metro
23 Apr 2018
Guidance to support schools with data protection activity, including compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Department for Education
23 Apr 2018
In a letter to companies including Facebook and Google, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt accuses them of "turning a blind eye" to their impact on children.
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BBC
22 Apr 2018
Organised by the UK Safer Internet Centre, Safer Internet Day reached more people across the
UK than ever before, inspiring many conversations and actions in schools, homes and workplaces.
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UK Safer Internet Centre
19 Apr 2018
Being bullied is associated with self-harm and suicidal behaviours, as well as mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. But what about cyberbullying? The stakes are high with greater exposure to peers and it can be persistent, so it’s possible the impact could be more serious, too?
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The Conversation
19 Apr 2018
The Government has pledged nearly £2.6 million to help tackle child sexual exploitation across the globe.
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Police Professional
18 Apr 2018
Figures released today (April 18, 2018) the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the charity that searches for and removes online child sexual abuse imagery, a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, show that more of this disturbing material is being found than ever before.
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UK Safer Internet Centre
18 Apr 2018
There were more than 5,000 new cases of female genital mutilation in the UK last year, according to latest figures.
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ITV News
18 Apr 2018