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Parents have slammed former Ofsted chief Zenna Atkins, 49, who is now chairman of a school's governing board, over x-rated messages she posted on Facebook

Starting today, App Store users can expect to find a new Pay Once & Play category on the digital retailer which allows you to browse games that won't include in-app purchases, Apple announced.

Schools should teach “digital literacy” alongside reading, writing and maths if the country is to address the urgent digital skills shortage, a Lords report has warned today.

A PRIMARY school teacher says she was shocked at the number of pupils who admitted talking to strangers on the internet at home without their parents knowing.

If you’re planning to be a teacher, be extra vigilant about your social media profile and consider every post

More than half of children in the UK (57%) have done something "risky" or anti-social online, a poll of 2,000 11- to 16-year-olds suggests.

Cyber bullying is any form of bullying which takes place online or through your mobile phone. The advice website BullyingUK says that most young people will experience it at some point in their lives, while a recent poll found that one in seven children have bullied others online.

Social media users who persistently spread racial hatred online could be given "internet Asbos" blocking them from sites such as Twitter and Facebook under proposals to tackle rising levels of anti-Semitism.

Police forces throughout Wales are sending officers into schools to show children a filmwhich focuses on the risks and dangers of sexting to raise awareness about the social and legal consequences of sending indecent images.

Youngsters claim they attack someone else to fit in and avoid becoming a target themselves

School orders pupils to spend a week on 'digital detox' without phones or iPads to teach them how to talk to people

A police investigation has been launched after a 12-year-old schoolgirl discovered classmates sharing an indecent photograph of her online. The case has raised fears that more children are being coaxed into sharing compromising pictures which are then distributed without their knowledge.

The majority of teenagers are turning to porn to fill the gaps left by their sex-education lessons, a new survey suggests. Almost two-thirds of young people have used pornography to find out more about sex, and two-fifths say that it has helped them to understand sex.

Cyber-bullying and inappropriate behaviour loom largest of IT professionals' fears about social media use in educational organisations.

The Loose Women panellist, who last week slammed online trolls for sending her racist and sexist abuse, is pleased she acted how she did because it enabled her to rid herself of negative vibes and get on with 'maintaining a happy lifestyle'.

A teenager has been expelled from school after posting insults about his head teacher's hair on Facebook. Jordan Ford, 14, took to the social media site after teachers told him his dyed red hair was not acceptable for school.

The adult content filters being rolled out by some internet providers under a scheme championed by David Cameron are blocking the websites of businesses and charities and are a “distraction” for parents seeking to protect children from online pornography, claim campaigners.

Provider set to make family-friendly filter default unless customers choose to 'opt in'

Parents are using access to computers as a way of controlling their children's behaviour, according to a study of modern childhood. The Childwise survey, which has been tracking family life in the UK since the 1990s, shows a surge in the number of tablet computers used by children. But it suggests that parents use time on tablet computers as a way of rewarding or punishing their children.

Pupils shared "inappropriate" photographs on Snapchat and were groomed by paedophiles during lessons on school iPads, it has emerged, after the school head wrote to parents.