Yik Yak and Whatsgoodly give social media-saturated millennials a new way to openly share campus anecdotes. But with anonymity surfaces bullying and hate
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The Guardian
07 Sep 2015
A boy who sent a naked photograph of himself to a girl at school has had the crime of making and distributing indecent images recorded against him by police, the BBC has learnt.
The boy, aged 14, who was not formally arrested or charged, could have his details stored for at least 10 years.
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BBC
03 Sep 2015
Parents have called for a minimum age for kids to own a smartphone - the majority believing it should be aged 10.
A new poll by e-safety group Internet Matters has revealed 85 per cent of primary school parents want an age requirement.
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Mirror
03 Sep 2015
Security experts warn that many internet users leave themselves open to security dangers, because of weak passwords.
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BT.com
01 Sep 2015
Facebook Europe's former boss says parents are struggling to "keep up" with their children and understand their internet habits.
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Sky News
01 Sep 2015
Schools in England are expected to spend £196 million of their ICT budget on mobile tech this year, and Neil Anderson, UK & I PPS pre sales manager and enterprise sales for HP, believes it has the power to transform learning in classrooms. Here he explains why...
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PCR
01 Sep 2015
Two of the most popular websites for children in the UK are Moshi Monsters and Bin Weevils: communities that offer young internet users a range of games, activities, and social features built around rosters of cartoon characters. They also offer extras to paying members, a business model that has recently gotten both sites into trouble with the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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The Verge
01 Sep 2015
Children as young as 12 are falling victim to the revenge-porn epidemic sweeping Britain, a Sunday Mirror investigation can reveals.
We have obtained figures that show police are probing hundreds of cases of explicit images shared online or in texts by twisted bullies, just four months after the law was changed.
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Mirror
01 Sep 2015
THE technology revolution in schools has been thrown into doubt by the government’s new school behaviour tsar, who believes children should be kept away from iPads for as long as possible.
Tom Bennett, head of a working party to guide teachers on improving conduct in class, said the widespread adoption of tablets was having unhelpful effects, with pupils misusing them “to surf the net, find photos of Kim Kardashian and Jessie J and hurl online insults at each other”.
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The Sunday Times
01 Sep 2015
Mobile phones should be banned in secondary schools in an effort to raise standards, the chief inspector of schools has said.
Sir Michael Wilshaw called for more comprehensives to implement a “grammar school ethos” and also take the lead of independent schools where pupils stand when teachers enter a classroom.
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The Telegraph
01 Sep 2015
So there you are sitting on the train and you get a message on your laptop saying that someone has sent you a file. It’s not an email but a direct file using Wi-Fi. When you open the file a pornographic image appears...This is exactly what happened to a lady while traveling on a train recently in the UK. No doubt a shocking and upsetting event. The media and the police are investigating.
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SWGfL
27 Aug 2015
A Manchester schoolgirl arrested with a teenage boy involved in a plot to attack police at an Anzac Day parade in Australia has admitted two terror offences.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of her age, used her school computers to look up Islamic State (IS) killer Jihadi John.
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Manchester Evening News
27 Aug 2015
New research suggests parents are waiting too long to discuss online safety issues with their children.
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BT.com
27 Aug 2015
Social gaming has boomed over the last few years, and with in-app purchases now commonplace, the lines between social gaming and real money gaming are becoming increasingly blurred.
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Pocket Gamer
25 Aug 2015
The school curriculum should help children critique and cope with what they see on the internet, says Hannah Broadbent from the charity Childnet
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The Guardian
25 Aug 2015
How the internet drove teenagers from experimenting with drugs and alcohol to starving themselves.
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The News Hub
25 Aug 2015
Words from the internet are now not just some terms used by web dwellers. They are now official part of our language, they have their own definitions and are included in dictionaries. Today it is a normal practice to use these forms in newspaper articles, school essays, science works or any other form of writing or speaking.
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Tech.Co
25 Aug 2015
A HEADTEACHER from Rugby has been shortlisted for a nationwide award for helping keep pupils safe online.
Eastlands Primary School head Joanne Corrigan is in the running for the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards, and a £10,000 prize for her project to safeguard children against the dangers they could face on the worldwide web.
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Rugby Observer
25 Aug 2015
The dating app Tinder has been slammed for allowing underage kids to use its services.
Kids who are well under the age of consent are able to use the app to meet potential lovers, according to the firm's terms of use.
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Mirror
20 Aug 2015
A manipulative primary school teacher who blackmailed a teenage girl before hacking into her Twitter account to post revenge porn has been jailed for 18 months.
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The Telegraph
20 Aug 2015