A teenage girl from Glasgow has taken her own life after being subjected to sickening attacks of online bullying.
The 16-year-old took to social media to express her anguish in the days leading up to her death.
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Herald Scotland
11 Jul 2016
The challenge of e-safety law is that it is constantly evolving and has many layers. Dr Brian Bandey and Ed Macnair discuss the implications for schools
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SecEd
07 Jul 2016
The Duke of Cambridge has urged everyone to be ready to challenge bullying behaviour in a video message to support the first ever National Stand Up To Bullying Day.
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BT.com
05 Jul 2016
Stephanie Haywood and Martin Whitby hope the harrowing five-minute film, produced by Leicestershire Police with their permission, will help protect other teenagers into the future.
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BT.com
01 Jul 2016
The last term of the year and teachers across the country are breathing sighs of relief. For what has been a period of transition for many former ICT teachers to computer science, I would like to reflect on a more familiar topic; E-Safety.
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TES
30 Jun 2016
Forget Facebook, for which all your students probably already have accounts. In the social stratosphere there’s a new kid in town that has stolen the show from the likes of Facebook and Twitter, and that’s Instagram.
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Innovate my School
30 Jun 2016
Surrounded by the heads of Google, Facebook and Twitter, the Duke of Cambridge didn’t choose to advocate for entrepreneurship or celebrate Britain’s role in the digital revolution – instead he picked a surprisingly buzzword-free topic usually avoided at self-congratulatory events like these: cyberbullying.
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The Telegraph
28 Jun 2016
The headteacher, invited the two 11-year-olds, from Derbyshire, to have a webcam chat with him before asking them to take their clothes off, police said.
He was charged with two counts of inciting a female under the age of 13 to engage in a sexual act.
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BBC
28 Jun 2016
Far from being digital natives, kids are actually flailing around online, looking for guidance.
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TES
27 Jun 2016
A headmaster at a prestigious school has quit over allegations he downloaded 'highly inappropriate material' on school computers.
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Daily Mail
24 Jun 2016
Clementine Ford, Nakkiah Lui and other writers sit down with school-aged girls to share what they know about persevering, handling harrassment, and empathy
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The Guardian
23 Jun 2016
An Essex primary school teacher, was banned in May last year for sending suggestive messages to her pupil through the social media apps.
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Express
22 Jun 2016
A Highland teacher is facing a disciplinary hearing after being accused of making a series of “inappropriate” remarks to pupils.
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Press and Journal
22 Jun 2016
The internet was used in more than 3,000 sex crimes against children in England and Wales over the past year, according to the NSPCC. The youngest victim was a one-year-old infant.
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RT.com
22 Jun 2016
Algeria has temporarily blocked access to social media across the country in an attempt to fight cheating in secondary school exams.
Almost half of students are being forced to retake the baccalaureat exam, starting on Sunday, after the initial session was marred by online leaking.
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BBC
20 Jun 2016
Research reveals that 94% of children who have seen online pornography were exposed to it by age 14 and many saw images by accident in pop-up ads
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The Guardian
16 Jun 2016
Advice is in response to increase in number of offences and concern among schools that children are not over-criminalised
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The Guardian
15 Jun 2016
Some argue that technology has an immensely positive influence on our closest relationships. But we shouldn’t be too quick to generalise. Technology can also have a toxic effect on intimate relationships, one of which is Facebook’s own potential to exacerbate romantic insecurity.
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The Conversation
15 Jun 2016
The C.E.O.s of Britain's leading telecoms companies, UK and European heads of the world's largest technology firms, and World Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee are among the leaders that have been announced today as founding members of The Duke of Cambridge's Taskforce on the Prevention of Cyberbullying.
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Kensington Palace
14 Jun 2016
Shields, who wants to try and protect people, particularly children, from online pedophiles and terrorist groups, said regulation is "never the right solution."
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Business Insider
13 Jun 2016