Three quarters (79%) of parents of teenagers believe children should be at least 14-years-old before they make independent decisions about the websites they use and can consent to the use of their personal data by online services, according to a new study from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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LSE
17 Apr 2018
A new law came in to place to help protect children last year
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Coventry Telegraph
17 Apr 2018
The rise of social media has meant that we as a global population are more connected than we have ever been in the history of time.
However, our reliance on social media can have a detrimental effect on our mental health, with the average Brit checking their phone as much 28 times a day.
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Independent
16 Apr 2018
An NSPCC spokesperson said: “Screening for mental health conditions could help normalise conversations about depression, but must be accompanied by easy access to support services.
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Happiful Magazine
16 Apr 2018
AN NSPCC investigation reveals that Facebook and the apps it owns were used in over half of online grooming cases after the introduction of a new offence, with Dyfed-Powys Police recording 19 cases in six months.
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Llanelli Herald
16 Apr 2018
Parents and carers in Jersey are being encouraged to speak with children about how to protect themselves from sexual abuse.
Jersey Safeguarding Partnership Board have teamed up with the NSPCC to launch a new campaign on the issue and set up a helpline.
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ITV News
13 Apr 2018
Games is one of the biggest entertainment industries - in 2017 UK consumers spent £3.5bn on boxed, downloadable and mobile games, significantly more than music and DVDs.
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FE News
13 Apr 2018
An inquiry has been launched into a Coventry school run by a charity for the blind after it "consistently failed to comply with regulations designed to safeguard and protect vulnerable children".
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Coventry Telegraph
12 Apr 2018
The Department for Education (DfE) has dropped the controversial categories from the school census just two years after the policy was introduced.
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Independent
11 Apr 2018
Prevent coordinator says students should be given a 'safe environment' to have debates on difficult, nuanced topics
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TES
11 Apr 2018
For many people with children, disciplinary tactics have acquired a new lease for life, with parents posting videos punishing their children online. They expose their children to the amusement of their friends, or if they go viral, to hundreds of thousands of strangers online.
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Independent
10 Apr 2018
Our lack of understanding about the behaviour of adults who abuse minors via the internet means that the laws protecting children exploited purely online is lagging behind those who are abused offline.
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The Conversation
09 Apr 2018
Parents have been urged to check their children's phones after police compiled a list of 10 potentially dangerous apps.
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Essex Live
08 Apr 2018
BBC launches CBBC Buzz, a new mobile community for under 13s to have fun and get creative.
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BBC
05 Apr 2018
Internet companies must do more to rid their platforms of content that fuels youth violence, the Government has said.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd will press social media firms to step up their response following a spate of murders in London.
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BT.com
04 Apr 2018
Schools and parents can only do so much when it comes to reducing the harmful effects of social media, says Natasha Devon – they need to be met halfway by the providers
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TES
04 Apr 2018
Sexual harassment and bullying appear to be a daily fact of life for many children and young people, says a teaching union.
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TES
02 Apr 2018
Unions urges victims to speak out and highlights 'disturbing scale of failure to act' by schools
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TES
31 Mar 2018
This myth of the stranger paedophile is still persistent today. And even though the evidence shows that most child sexual abuse is perpetrated by close family members, the stranger myth continues to distract our attention from the most common type of abuse.
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The Conversation
29 Mar 2018
The NSPCC reports that thousands of young people across the country seek help after being sexually abused by other children. They say young people are struggling to understand what has happened to them and some teachers need more help on how to respond
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On The Wight
28 Mar 2018