Young people across the country are being invited to try their hand at programming computers in Block H, the world's first purpose-built computer centre, on Bletchley Park.
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MK Web
03 Nov 2014
We have seen many reports about adult bullying in the workplace, however there has yet to be a study that provides us with information on how an average adult deals with online peer cruelty. The cyber-bullets of grown-ups acting badly online can be devastating.
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Huffington Post (USA)
03 Nov 2014
To adults, 'social media' is a top-up to our everyday lives. For kids, it is everyday life.
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Irish Independent
03 Nov 2014
The U.K has seen a drastic increase in the number of suicides among children over the past three years. And according to ChildLine, a counseling service for young people and children, the largest suicide rate increase has been seen within the 12-15 age groups.
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Inquisitr
03 Nov 2014
Children are copying cruel taunts from the Lindsay Lohan movie Mean Girls - by setting troll accounts to spread rumours about their school.
Police have been called in after teenagers set up accounts on Twitter to abuse fellow pupils after watching the Hollywood movie.
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South Wales Evening Post
03 Nov 2014
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram AND cowardly trolls will be charged if they refuse to take down hate-filled posts
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Daily Mail
30 Oct 2014
Quarter of people admit to having been an internet troll
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News Shopper
30 Oct 2014
The vast majority of the public does not comprehend the effects of cyber bullying, according to a new poll
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Belfast Telegraph
29 Oct 2014
The Samaritans charity has launched a new app which will notify Twitter users if people they follow on the site appear to be suicidal.
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BBC
29 Oct 2014
A recent New York Times article points to a glaring inconsistency between the amount of “screen time” toddlers have using tablets, phones and computers – and the advice of many early years specialists.
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The Conversation
29 Oct 2014
The Queen has joined the Twitter generation - sending her first ever tweet to declare a new exhibition at the Science Museum officially open.
But now the account is being bombarded with questions from users desperate to grab the monarch's attention.
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Daily Mail
28 Oct 2014
GPs are being urged to be on the alert for signs of cyber-bullying as part of new child safeguarding guidance launched today.
Advice to help GPs identify and support children and young people at risk of child trafficking and radicalisation is also included in the new toolkit published by the Royal College of General Practitioners and leading children’s charity, the NSPCC.
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Practice Business
28 Oct 2014
Ofcom’s latest report, Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report, has revealed that almost half of children aged 5-15 go online using a tablet computer, twice as many as in 2013.
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UK Safer Internet Centre
24 Oct 2014
We have seen an increase in the number of children getting caught up in sexual offences – particularly through using social networks
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South Wales Argus
23 Oct 2014
Teenagers are reportedly being tricked and blackmailed into sending inappropriate images through social media, police have said.
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Daily Mail
23 Oct 2014
A STRING of ‘obscene and offensive’ social media messages were sent to students at a Ramsbottom high school – allegedly by a fellow pupil.
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Lancashire Telegraph
22 Oct 2014
With the recent iCloud hacks, news of cybercrimes against celebrities have hogged the media spotlight. What's less reported, yet equally significant, is how many average Brits fall victim to cyber attacks each year.
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Wired
22 Oct 2014
Internet trolls could face two years in jail under new laws. But how does the British legal system currently police online abuse, asks Tom de Castella.
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BBC
21 Oct 2014
Now the norm for many teens, it often predates real relationships, but has damaging effects
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Daily Mail
21 Oct 2014
Ask any teen if he or she suffers from social media anxiety and the answer will probably be no.
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Fox News
21 Oct 2014