Top industry experts gathered in London this month to discuss the roles and responsibilities of ICT companies in safeguarding children online
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04 Apr 2016
School pupils have left staff "traumatised" after threatening to rape and kill teachers on an anonymous "rating" website.
RateMyTeacher.com allows students to review teachers in terms of their easiness and helpfulness and asks users to give an overall score to individual staff.
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Mirror
30 Mar 2016
A growing number of young people are becoming victims of shocking videos which accuse them of promiscuity or disloyalty.
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Sky News
29 Mar 2016
More than half of teachers aware of sexting incidents with most cases involving pupils aged 13 to 16, according to NASUWT
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The Guardian
29 Mar 2016
Tablet use is on the rise for children, here are five ways you can ensure they use them safely.
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BT.com
24 Mar 2016
Labour has urged for compulsory PSHE classes amid sexting ‘time-bomb’ warning.
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BT.com
23 Mar 2016
Sexting among young people is "skyrocketing" but the government is "refusing to protect the smartphone generation", says Labour.
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BBC
22 Mar 2016
But an expert warned that stripping a child of their social media account was “extraordinarily shocking” because it was “an attack on them personally”
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The Telegraph
21 Mar 2016
Singer Nicola Roberts has accused the Government of failing young women by not cracking down on sexting in schools.
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BT.com
21 Mar 2016
Our teens are among world’s least happy and psychiatrists are seeing record numbers of young girls. What’s wrong?
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The Guardian
21 Mar 2016
Cyberbullying is often underestimated by the police and people around the victim. The attitude of “it’s just trolling” is extremely unhelpful when the victim feels like they’re being harassed from all angles and have no way out. We set up #EggAid to help people realise that online abuse has real consequences, that behind those faceless eggs are real people causing real depression and sadly, suicide.
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Gadgette
16 Mar 2016
Holly Brockwell talks to BBC Breakfast about the major problem of trolling and abuse on online platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
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BBC
16 Mar 2016
The Times is reporting that the children’s commissioner has warned ministers ‘to act quickly and decisively’ to help address the issue of sexting among young people after the paper’s revelations about the scale of the issue at the weekend.
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Schools Improvement Net
15 Mar 2016
Delays and miscommunication between Ministry of Justice and Home Office mean that law passed a year ago to tackle online grooming still not being used
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The Guardian
15 Mar 2016
The Times is reporting on an investigation it has undertaken that has found tens of thousands of schoolchildren have been caught sharing sexual imagery online in the past three years.
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Schools Improvement Net
14 Mar 2016
Appmia has been developed to be the most powerful spy phone app and tracking software that allows users to monitor all the activities of any iPhone or Android phone
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Press Release Rocket
14 Mar 2016
A headteacher has responded to claims of "sexting" and "gang grooming" taking place at his city school.
Gerard Rae, principal of The Nottingham Academy, has vowed to continue protecting the school's pupils from online harm after the revelations.
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Nottingham Post
14 Mar 2016
When news of the idea emerged last year, the app's creators, Julia Cordray and Nicole McCullough, came under intense criticism as Peeple - accused of being 'Yelp for humans' - was feared to hold potential for cyber bullying and online defamation.
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Research Live
09 Mar 2016
Questions over whether the benefits of anonymous apps - such as giving children a space to explore sensitive issues - can outweigh the risks they pose
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The Guardian
08 Mar 2016
A PE teacher who sent "unacceptable" emails and text messages to two students has been banned for life.
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BBC
07 Mar 2016