This consultation document explores key questions in the form of a checklist to help educational settings ensure the maximum impact of online safety sessions.
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UKCCIS
02 Oct 2017
Children will be offered simplified, jargon free leaflets explaining their rights on social media in a bid to provide them with better protection.
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Yahoo News
29 Sep 2017
Scotland has been hit by an epidemic of phone and online sex crime with girls under 16 making up three quarters of its victims.
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Herald Scotland
28 Sep 2017
Do Kids Have The Critical Literacy Skills They Need to Survive And Thrive In A Digital World?
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Huffington Post
28 Sep 2017
New anti-grooming advice has been made available to social workers and other professionals working with children in Swansea, Cardiff, Prestatyn and North West England.
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ITV News
28 Sep 2017
NCTL panel says no teaching ban is needed after teacher shows remorse for use of 'low-level adult pornography'
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TES
27 Sep 2017
Proliferation of anonymous feedback apps such as Sarahah is prompting concerns about cyberbullying among schoolchildren
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The Guardian
26 Sep 2017
iOS 11 has just blessed us with a cavalcade of newfangled, super useful features. But, with every blessing comes a curse. One that Snapchat sexters need to know about.
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Yahoo News
22 Sep 2017
42% of UK parents share photos of their children online with half of these parents sharing photos at least once a month.
Welcome to the world of “sharenting” – where more than 80% of children are said to have an online presence by the age of two.
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The Conversation
21 Sep 2017
Technology companies must go "further and faster" in removing extremist content, Theresa May is to tell the United Nations general assembly.
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BBC
20 Sep 2017
Kids aged between eight and 11 are ‘significantly’ more likely to be victims of cyber bullies if they own a mobile phone, a new study has found.
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Edinburgh News
19 Sep 2017
Facebook on Friday said it is working with suicide prevention partners to collect phrases, hashtags and group names associated with online challenges encouraging self-harm or suicide.
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The Health Site
13 Sep 2017
The National Literacy Trust says teachers are well-placed to tackle the problem but are let down by a lack of training, resources and confidence.
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TES
13 Sep 2017
British secondary school teachers lose 17.2 minutes of teaching time every day due to classroom disruptions caused by social media and smartphones - adding up to a staggering 11 days every year.
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Mirror
12 Sep 2017
The NSPCC Net Aware Report 2017: “Freedom to express myself safely” aims to provide a snapshot of young people’s online lives.
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Childnet
12 Sep 2017
Around 80 per cent of young people think social media companies should do more to tackle cyber bullying, according to a study.
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The Scotsman
05 Sep 2017
A generation who have spent their entire adolescence with smartphones are feeling the effects, including negative impacts on their mental health, says author Jean Twenge.
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BBC
05 Sep 2017
Half of all children don’t open up about what’s worrying them online. Here’s how to decode your kids’ digital lives.
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BT.com
05 Sep 2017
Amber Rudd has awarded more than £20 million over three years from the Police Transformation Fund to help combat the online grooming of children for sexual exploitation.
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Gov.uk
04 Sep 2017
The findings, based on a survey commissioned by girls’ rights charity Plan International UK, have prompted fears that girls are being forced to withdraw from social media due to fear of criticism, harassment or abuse.
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Plan International
04 Sep 2017