The computer whizz-kid committed all his crimes online, hiding behind dozens of false identities on the dark web.
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Yahoo News
20 Feb 2018
Mental health and wellbeing expert Dr Pooky Knightsmith advises teachers and school staff on what not to do if they are worried that a child is self-harming or if a student discloses to them in SecEd.
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Schools Improvement Net
20 Feb 2018
AN eight-year-old girl was the youngest victim of child grooming in Warwickshire since a new law came into force on 3rd April last year, the NSPCC has said.
Nationally, 1,316 child grooming crimes have been recorded.
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Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
19 Feb 2018
The government is updating its guidance on safeguarding children in schools and colleges.
A consultation on changes to its key legal document, Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE), closes on Thursday.
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TES
19 Feb 2018
As another pre-teen falls victim to nude-picture sharing, politicians are once more calling for the increasingly common practice among young people to be tackled
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TES
16 Feb 2018
Report on parents concerns about their children’s digital lives
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Internet Matters
15 Feb 2018
The government will consider making the practice a criminal offence, the justice secretary David Gauke said.
The comments come after TV personality Katie Price gave evidence to a Commons committee on the issue after launching a campaign for tougher penalties for social media abuse.
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Yahoo News
13 Feb 2018
Facebook is going grey, losing its teen audience and gaining popularity among over-55s.
Less than half of internet users between the ages of 12 and 17 will use Facebook regularly in 2018, according to forecasts by eMarketer.
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Tech Radar
12 Feb 2018
Millions take part in global celebration of a better internet for all
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UK Safer Internet Centre
12 Feb 2018
Snapchat has begun a full-scale rollout of the redesigned version of its app to UK-based users.
But the redesign has not gone down well with users, with up to 83% of reviews on the App Store being negative.
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BBC
12 Feb 2018
William criticised the growing problem of “touched up” pictures during an unannounced visit to a west London academy to discuss cyber bullying and mental health issues at a special school assembly.
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Daily Mail
09 Feb 2018
Children are more likely to have a positive than negative experience online, new research has revealed.
In a survey of 2,000 eight to 17-year-olds about their feelings and attitudes towards social media, 68% said chatting to their friends online cheers them up.
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Ardrossan Herald
08 Feb 2018
75 step-by-step parental controls and privacy guides that cover a broad range of devices, networks, platforms and apps.
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Internet Matters
07 Feb 2018
The Education for a Connected World framework describes the Digital knowledge and skills that children and young people should have the opportunity to develop at different ages and stages of their lives.
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UKCCIS
07 Feb 2018
Offensive communications laws will be reviewed to see if they are robust enough to protect victims from online abuse.
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Police Professional
07 Feb 2018
On the day that activists marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM in a bid to draw global attention to the issue, NHS Digital also announced that there are around 24,000 women and girls at risk of the illegal procedure in the UK.
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ITV News
07 Feb 2018
As research suggests children want parental controls to keep them safe online, we’re supporting Internet Matters’ campaign help parents ensure their devices are ‘Set Up Safe’.
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BT.com
06 Feb 2018
TEENAGE sexting is at “endemic” level in Scotland, and parents do not realise what is going on with their kids, an MSP has claimed.
Schoolchildren can be mocked, hurt and possibly even placed on the sex offenders’ register for sending naked pictures to someone they trust which then find their way on to the web.
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The National
06 Feb 2018
Theresa May will warn online “intimidation and aggression” is threatening democracy in a speech to mark the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote.
Read more at: https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/theresa-may-online-abuse-risks-suffragettes-legacy-1-4683528
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The Scotsman
06 Feb 2018
On Safer Internet Day 2018, Global Kids Online partners recognise the pressing need to research and support children’s rights in a digital age.
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Global Kids Online
06 Feb 2018