If piracy and free content ended tomorrow, recording sales would multiply 17 times within three years.
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Your EDM
06 Jul 2015
Almost 100,000 pieces of terrorist or extremist content have been removed from the internet since 2010, the Government has disclosed.
The figure was disclosed in a briefing note issued to schools on how social media is being used to encourage travel to Syria and Iraq.
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Yahoo News
02 Jul 2015
Teacher abused his position "to foster a sexually motivated relationship" with the underage student, a teaching tribunal heard
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Mirror
02 Jul 2015
Controversial sites ask.fm and Yik Yak are trying to improve child protection, but many social media companies are accused of not taking online safety seriously
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The Guardian
01 Jul 2015
The growth in school purchases of tablet computers is slowing down partly because parents are being expected to pay for the devices themselves, new research suggests.
Currently, almost three-quarters of schools now use tablet computers such as the iPad in lessons, and there are an estimated 721,000 tablets such computers in schools.
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TES
29 Jun 2015
The government has launched an anti-trolling website offering practical tips to people who find themselves the victims of online abuse on how to report the offence and where to seek help.
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The Guardian
29 Jun 2015
A teacher who sent a female pupil sexually suggestive messages on Facebook has been banned from the classroom for life.
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Mirror
25 Jun 2015
This series of four short animated films for parents and carers offer advice on how to help keep children safe from the risks associated with the sharing of nude and nearly nude images.
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Thinkuknow
23 Jun 2015
The ENABLE Hackathon aims to encourage young people to work in teams with a mentor to reflect on bullying (what it is, the consequences, how it can be stopped, positive actions against bullying, etc.) in an environment geared to improving their online skills whilst celebrating their problem solving skills and creativity.
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ENABLE
23 Jun 2015
The results are in, and we can now announce that the finalists for Childnet Film Competition 2015 are…
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Childnet International
23 Jun 2015
Safer Internet Day 2016 - Play your part for a better internet!
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UK Safer Internet Centre
23 Jun 2015
Cyberbullying on social media is linked to depression in teenagers, according to new research that analyzed multiple studies of the online phenomenon.
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Yahoo News
23 Jun 2015
Future generations of young people risk becoming "hostages to handheld devices" and disengaged from physical activity, a sports charity says.
The Youth Sports Trust report suggests that nearly a quarter of children see playing computer games with friends as a form of physical activity.
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BBC
23 Jun 2015
A teacher was allowed to work in six schools over three decades despite facing three separate allegations of misconduct and “grooming” girls.
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Daily Telegraph (Aus)
22 Jun 2015
A new campaign has been launched by Internet Matters to promote the use of parental controls online.
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BT.com
22 Jun 2015
The number of children at risk of abuse in the UK has increased by 80% since 2002, according to a new report.
In 2014/15 cyberbullying was raised in 4,000 ChildLine counselling sessions, while "sexting" was mentioned in more than 1,000.
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Yahoo News
18 Jun 2015
TalkTalk has launched its 2015 Digital Heroes campaign in a bid to reward "people who harness technology to make life better".
This year there are ten categories, with an accolade for Internet Safety running for the first time.
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uSwitch.com
17 Jun 2015
New internet safety guidance has been sent to schools in the wake of the death of Ronan Hughes.
The 17-year-old from Coalisland, County Tyrone, took his own life earlier this month after it is believed he was was tricked into posting pictures online.
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BBC (Northern Ireland)
16 Jun 2015
Child protection officers are investigating an average of one case involving "sexting" every day, the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.
It said sending nude or explicit images of themselves on social media had become "normal" among teenagers.
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BBC
16 Jun 2015
To celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, we invited the public to vote on 500 clauses submitted by 3,000 young people across the world to create a new Magna Carta for the digital age. Over 30,000 votes have been cast. This top 10 is the result of that vote, as recorded on 15 June 2015, Magna Carta Day. It presents a snapshot of the public's hopes for the future of the Web in 2015.
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British Library
15 Jun 2015