Instagram has announced it will start automatically filtering abusive messages on its app.
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21 Apr 2021
Pornographic and violent videos have appeared on TikTok after users took advantage of a loop hole that allowed them to upload the content as their profile picture.
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ITV News
21 Apr 2021
The government has set aside £750k to tackle rape culture in schools – but is money alone enough, asks Ian Rivers
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TES
20 Apr 2021
Apple is to allow the controversial social media app Parler, a popular platform with far-right supporters, back onto its App Store.
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BBC News
20 Apr 2021
Facebook's plans to roll out encryption across its messaging services could jeopardise ongoing work to combat child abuse, the Home Secretary is to warn.
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BBC News
19 Apr 2021
Tech companies must “live up to their moral duty” and ensure end-to-end message encryption does not compromise children's safety, the Home Secretary is to urge.
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ITV News
19 Apr 2021
By letting third parties build moderation and safety tools, social media platforms could limit harassment — and give users more agency in how they engage
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Wired
19 Apr 2021
A secret casino that disguised itself as a children’s endless runner game managed to slip past Apple’s App Store moderation and onto iPhones.
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The Independent
16 Apr 2021
a detailed policy document setting out the UK’s national security and international policies, the government identifies online harms as one of the most serious threats
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City A.M.
15 Apr 2021
The plans for mobile phone bans are part of a broader effort by the Department for Education across England to reduce disruptive behaviour in schools.
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Education Technology
08 Apr 2021
The switch to remote learning during lockdown left teachers on the receiving end of verbal abuse and “parent bombing” as well as taunts on social media ...
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The Guardian
03 Apr 2021
A new helpline to support potential victims of sexual harassment and abuse at school or university has been announced by the government ...
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The Independent
01 Apr 2021
.. alarming statistics about the increasing number of reports of online sexual abuse affecting school-aged students ...
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The PIE News
31 Mar 2021
An immediate review into sexual abuse in schools will take place following thousands of allegations from students, the government has announced.
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ITV News
31 Mar 2021
When the children’s digital game Roblox launched on the New York Stock Exchange last week, the company’s share price rapidly took off. By the end of the day, it was valued at US$38 billion.
How can a game for kids be worth so much?
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The Conversation
17 Mar 2021
After years of vowing to police inappropriate content, YouTube continues to deliver violent imagery, drug references, sexually-suggestive sequences and foul, racially-charged language in clips that reach children ...
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The Independent
15 Mar 2021
Nearly half are seeing misleading content every day, and say it leaves them annoyed, upset, sad, angry, attacked or scared.
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Sky News
09 Feb 2021
During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, people are relying even more on online technology.
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NSPCC
14 Jan 2021
The report, which covers England, Scotland and Wales and summarises a range of studies on the issue of group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE), also known as grooming gangs, said there was not enough evidence to conclude that child sexual abuse gangs were disproportionately made up of Asian offenders.
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The Guardian
15 Dec 2020
An 8 year old photographer whose facebook page gained thousands of followers during lockdown is hoping to raise funds for a children's mental health charity - by making and selling his own calendar.
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ITV News
15 Dec 2020