Police can now protect thousands of children across the UK from online grooming.
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NSPCC
04 Apr 2017
Ex-police officer was arrested months after being praised for helping pupils stay safe online
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Birmingham Mail
30 Mar 2017
Twelve pupils have been excluded from a school after an 'altercation' between two girls allegedly sparked by an Instagram post - which resulted in a teacher being rushed to hospital.
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Mirror
28 Mar 2017
The app lets users view anonymous, and often insulting, messages left about them
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Irish Times
27 Mar 2017
Teachers in Scotland do not always feel supported by schools or local authorities to tackle the abuse, survey findings reveal
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TES
27 Mar 2017
Our project, The Internet On Our Own Terms, involved young people aged between 12 and 17 gathered together in the cities of Leeds, London and Nottingham to participate in a series of jury-style focus groups. These were designed to “put the internet on trial”.
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The Conversation
27 Mar 2017
A school has issued a warning to parents over fears a popular gaming app could be used to groom youngsters.
The school sent a letter home saying it had concerns about Roblox after pupils told staff people had been ‘trying to talk to them’ through it.
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Manchester Evening News
23 Mar 2017
Schools should teach young people about how to identify "fake news", says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's education director.
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BBC
23 Mar 2017
Teaching children about the internet should be as important as the three Rs, with youngsters given the skills to keep safe online, a committee of peers has recommended.
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BT.com
21 Mar 2017
Young people are a growing target for identity theft cases, which have reached record levels in 2016, fraud prevention organisation Cifas says.
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BBC
15 Mar 2017
Companies are bombarded with phishing scams every day. In a recent survey of more than 500 cyber security professionals across the world, 76% reported that their organisation fell victim to a phishing attack in 2016.
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The Conversation
15 Mar 2017
A beauty queen hopeful who has suffered from severe acne has revealed her cyber-bullying torment as MPs prepare to grill social media companies over their response to hate crime and abuse.
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ITV News
15 Mar 2017
Russian police are investigating the social media scam, which is modelled on popular animated series 'Winx Club: School of Witches'
The post - aimed at young girls - tells readers that if they turn on the gas burners on their stove and repeat 'magical words', they will become 'fire fairies'
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Daily Mail
14 Mar 2017
Teenagers in Hull are publicly sharing sexually suggestive photographs of themselves on a new 'Tinder for Teens' app which can easily be accessed by paedophiles, an investigation has revealed.
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Hull Daily Mail
14 Mar 2017
Creative writing teacher began sending pupil suggestive texts after reading 50 Shades of Grey together, court hears
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The Telegraph
14 Mar 2017
MOST adults in Northern Ireland do not know when children are old enough to be using social networks such as Facebook and Snapchat, new figures suggest.
Nearly six in ten (59 per cent) did not realise the sites required users to be 13 or over, an NSPCC survey found.
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Irish News
14 Mar 2017
A brave dad has shared photos of his daughter's final moments before her death from suicide on what would have been her 18th birthday.
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Closer
10 Mar 2017
Rachaele Hambleton, author of Part-Time Working Mummy, is raising awareness of the newest method of cyber-bullying
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Closer
08 Mar 2017
Facebook has been criticised for its handling of reports about sexualised images of children on its platform.
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BBC
07 Mar 2017
TEENAGERS are being blackmailed by online crooks pretending to be interested in having a relationship with them.
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Herald Scotland
06 Mar 2017