Everyone talks about online safety and we all need to implement it into our cyber-worlds but have you ever truly sat down and thought about what it really means?
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Huffington Post (USA)
24 Nov 2014
Third of children admit to visiting websites their parents wouldn't approve of
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PC Advisor
20 Nov 2014
Internet trolling has become a growing problem in recent years, but is enough being done to teach children about online abuse?
Despite guidance for schools, the chair of the education select committee says many are still failing to make students more aware of the dangers.
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BBC
20 Nov 2014
Celebrities are inadvertently fuelling a "sexting" boom among schoolchildren, the National Crime Agency's (NCA) head of child protection has suggested.
Dr Zoe Hilton told MPs it was now normal for teenagers to text sexually explicit messages and photographs to each other as they attempted to imitate famous stars and adults.
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The Telegraph
20 Nov 2014
Teachers should not be friends with their pupils and must avoid connecting with them online, according to new, official advice issued on Monday.
The guidance, to be published by the Department for Education (DoE), will caution them against accepting friend requests on Facebook from current or former pupils.
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The Independent
18 Nov 2014
Research published by the Department for Education suggests that schoolchildren are more 'sober' than those a decade ago but spend less time socialising with friends
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The Telegraph
18 Nov 2014
Teachers should search for their own names on the internet to check they are not being cyberbullied by pupils or parents, according to new government guidance.
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TES
18 Nov 2014
A BBC Spotlight NI investigation has uncovered 731 photographs of Northern Irish schoolgirls on a pornographic website used by paedophiles.
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BBC
17 Nov 2014
In a poll of 11- to 17-year-olds, 35% reported that they have experienced cyberbullying – compared with 16% last year. Four in 10 said they had witnessed others being picked on online – almost double the 22% recorded last year.
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The Guardian
17 Nov 2014
A Welsh teenager has relived the ordeal she went through at the hands of cruel “keyboard warriors” after new figures revealed the number of children being bullied online has doubled in a year.
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Wales Online
17 Nov 2014
At the start of National Anti-Bullying Week, Prof Andy Phippen says only a collaborative approach from schools and parents will ensure cyber bullying is quashed
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The Telegraph
17 Nov 2014
The chairman of the Commons education select committee says schools in England are failing in their efforts to teach children about the dangers of online abuse and trolling.
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BBC
17 Nov 2014
Education Secretary warns teachers not to leave private photographs on view, as she tells headteachers to protect staff from abusive parents and pupils
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The Telegraph
17 Nov 2014
Most parents say they're not concerned about online bullying when it comes to their kids, but more students are reporting online abuse and feeling more alone than ever.
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Fox28 (USA)
12 Nov 2014
Teacher sent the 16-year-old a photo of herself in her underwear and they swapped suggestive messages via Facebook and her phone, Teesside Crown Court was told.
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Daily Mail
11 Nov 2014
Anti-Bullying Week, 17-21 November, is one of the most important social events on the school calendar. Bullying is a problem that affects schools across the UK, and this week is a perfect opportunity to encourage debate, solve issues and tackle the root cause of the problem.
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Into Film
10 Nov 2014
Educating children about being safe online is as fundamentally important as teaching them how to cross the road, says head of online child abuse charity, and parents must be aware of this from birth.
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International Business Times
10 Nov 2014
The micro-blogging site collaborates with nonprofit group Women, Action & The Media (WAM) to help reduce the number of harassing tweets directed at women.
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Beta Wired (USA)
10 Nov 2014
A major survey of 30,000 pupils reveals that teenagers – especially girls – increasingly doubt themselves. Both the economic downturn and cyber bullying are taking their toll
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The Guardian
10 Nov 2014
A 56-year-old 'Teacher of the Year' lured one of his 14-year-old students with a fake Facebook profile before assaulting her in his car, it has been claimed.
Joaquim Andrade, who teaches English at Brockton High School in Massachusetts, allegedly engaged the teenager in conversation about soccer via the popular social networking site.
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Daily Mail
06 Nov 2014