YouTube is launching a new campaign to tackle internet safety and issues around fake news, the video streaming site has announced.
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BBC
21 Apr 2017
Why you should join and how to get started
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The Guardian
21 Apr 2017
The Culture Secretary has challenged social media giants including Twitter and Facebook to do more to keep children safe online.
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Express & Star
20 Apr 2017
New figures show that more than a quarter of young people in Guernsey have been approached online by a stranger asking them to meet.
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ITV News
19 Apr 2017
As per the recent Investigatory Powers Act otherwise known as the “Snooper's Charter”, UK intelligence agencies were given the green light to access personal data from browsing histories.
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SC Magazine
18 Apr 2017
Police are warning schools about the app Yellow, dubbed 'Tinder for teens' which it is feared could be used by predators to target children.
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Devon Live
18 Apr 2017
More than a third of teachers say that students have cited false information they have found online, according to a poll by the NASUWT teaching union.
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Express
18 Apr 2017
A THIRD of Britain’s school teachers have reported online abuse from parents and pupils over the past year, teachers’ union NASUWT said in shocking new research published today.
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Schools Improvement Net
18 Apr 2017
Tens of thousands of examiners have had their personal details hacked after the exam board AQA was victim to a cyber-attack Schools Week reports.
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Schools Improvement Net
13 Apr 2017
Social media must do more to counter disinformation
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The Conversation
12 Apr 2017
If we continue to focus on how universally dreadful the internet is, we'll miss opportunities to help young people navigate it successfully and safely, writes the former government mental health champion
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TES
11 Apr 2017
Top performing school King Solomon Academy in west London says consoles and online games keep children up all night and leave them ‘exhausted in the classroom’
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Independent
11 Apr 2017
Regularly updated codes of conduct must guide staff on how to use social media, says James Lynas. Leaving it to common sense exposes the school and staff to disaster
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Schools Week
10 Apr 2017
Facebook has introduced a new tool to help users spot fake news stories.
From Thursday, a new prompt will appear at the top of users' news feeds called "How to spot false news", offering advice on how to recognise fake news articles and prevent them from spreading.
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ITV News
10 Apr 2017
A SCHOOL in Fermanagh has issued a warning to pupils and parents about a mobile phone app that has been associated with cyber bullying.
SimSimi is an automated chat bot in which the user sends messages and it sends some back.
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Impartial Reporter
10 Apr 2017
Two new Research Highlights have been published by the Evidence Group of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety: Topics covered are cyber bullying ans sexting
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UK Safer Internet Centre
07 Apr 2017
The social media giant is implementing new tools to help people “when intimate images are shared on Facebook without their permission.”
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The Drum
06 Apr 2017
It comes after a 28-year-old man was jailed for six years after he created multiple fake identities and sent "violent and sexual" messages to young girls and their mothers on Facebook.
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Nottingham Post
06 Apr 2017
The social network says it is introducing a new default profile photo – a gender neutral silhouette – in a bid to ‘prompt more self-expression’
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The Guardian
04 Apr 2017
Police can now protect thousands of children across the UK from online grooming.
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NSPCC
04 Apr 2017