An app that discreetly saves images and videos sent through "self-destruct" messaging service Snapchat has been created.
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15 Oct 2013
A FACEBOOK page created this week was shut down after causing outrage by posting users' profiles in an abusive way.
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This is Somerset
10 Oct 2013
This latest series of conferences from Naace seeks to explore the challenges facing school leaders as they respond to the introduction of the National Curriculum particularly with respect to the subject Computing but perhaps more importantly, Computing across the whole of the school curriculum.
The conference will provide support and guidance to school leaders on the implications of introducing computing in to the curriculum, the opportunities provided by computing across the curriculum and the research evidence that underpins best practice and the implications of this research for the curriculum.
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09 Oct 2013
The BBC's director general, Tony Hall, has announced plans to "bring coding into every home, business and school in the UK"
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08 Oct 2013
The UK has moved up the UN's net-connectivity table, leapfrogging Hong Kong and Japan to take eighth place
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07 Oct 2013
A subject called "computing" should be created to replace information and communications technology (ICT) in school, a report suggests.
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04 Oct 2013
A rising number of children are using portable tablet computers to access the internet without adult supervision, say experts.
The use of handheld devices such as iPads by under-15s tripled in the past year, sparking fears they are able to bypass parental safety filters by using public wireless networks.
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Daily Mail
04 Oct 2013
THE grooming of a 13-year-old girl by scores of men highlights the dangers of not knowing what your child is doing on-line, police and child protection charities warned last night.
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04 Oct 2013
Once upon a time a person shied away after doing something embarrassing, patiently waiting until they were no longer the laughing stock of their school or workplace.
Now, however, it appears the done thing is to broadcast the blush-worthy act to the world - complete with a picture.
That's according to the latest ridiculous internet craze, which involves people posting pictures of themselves or their friends falling down the stairs.
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Daily Mail
03 Oct 2013
Cyberbullying affects more young people than previously thought, a new survey suggests.
More than two-thirds of people aged 13 to 22 have been bullied online with boys and girls equally affected, according to charity Ditch the Label.
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02 Oct 2013
The No Hate Speech Movement is a Council of Europe initiative to raise awareness of hate speech online, and to combat it.
The campaign website has all information regarding the Movement, its aims, outcomes and news about what is happening. You can watch the campaign video too.
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02 Oct 2013
An impassioned attack on the ‘pernicious effect’ of online porn was delivered by the Culture Secretary yesterday.
Maria Miller warned that young boys who see explicit images risk growing up with a warped idea of how to treat girls.
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Daily Mail
02 Oct 2013
This year’s E2BN E-Safety conference will be held in Luton at the Luton Learning Resource Centre Strangers Way, Luton LU4 9ND on Thursday 14th November 2013.
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01 Oct 2013
THE distraught mother of a 16-year-old school-girl has spoken of her fear and heartbreak for her daughter who has been targeted by online bullies for the past two years.
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Fermanagh Herald
01 Oct 2013
Facebook has become a destination for teenage girls to access hardcore pornography shared by their male friends, a new study shows.
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The Telegraph
30 Sep 2013
Research for a new novel has convinced former teacher Catherine Dunne that new laws must be introduced to tackle cyberbullying.
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The Telegraph
27 Sep 2013
The online games app industry has been warned by the Office of Fair Trading of "potentially unfair and aggressive commercial practices" that could target "susceptible" children to pay to continue playing.
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ITV News
26 Sep 2013
Jazmine Jones has been living a nightmare since last October, when personal information and photos were stolen from her email and Facebook accounts.
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News Shopper
25 Sep 2013
Fast-growing trend combines extortion, cyber-bullying and sex abuse, which in some cases has lead to suicide attempts by the victims, experts warn
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The Independent
20 Sep 2013
Parents have always worried about their children accessing inappropriate material and images on the web, but the rise of smartphones and tablets means parents have even less control over their offspring's online activities.
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BBC
20 Sep 2013