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As more children use the internet than ever before and one in three even have their own tablet, a new survey today reveals that children as young as five are sharing personal information online with people they don't know in real life.

Breck Bednar, 14, died in Grays, Essex, after allegedly going to see computer engineer Lewis Daynes after meeting him on the internet

Parents can no longer punish naughty children by sending them to their bedroom because of the rise of Twitter and Facebook, according to a leading private school headmistress. Social media is putting unprecedented pressure on modern parenting by turning every domestic decision into the subject of "global scrutiny", said Alice Phillips, president of the Girls' Schools Association.

The number of teachers barred from the profession for inappropriate use of social media has more than doubled in the past year. Figures from National College of Training and Leadership disciplinary hearings show that 17 of the 100 hearings held last year stemmed from complaints about the use of social media sites, with 16 of the 17 being banned.

Twitter's rolling out a feature which could instil fear into your social media hearts. It's letting you search for every public tweet since its creation in 2006, roughly half a trillion posts.

Hundreds of thousands of Android phones have been infected with malware that uses handsets to send spam and buy event tickets in bulk.

The only way to be absolutely sure that hackers aren’t in your webcams is to turn them off. But there’s a lot you can do to keep your cameras safe on the internet

Everyone talks about online safety and we all need to implement it into our cyber-worlds but have you ever truly sat down and thought about what it really means?

Third of children admit to visiting websites their parents wouldn't approve of

Internet trolling has become a growing problem in recent years, but is enough being done to teach children about online abuse? Despite guidance for schools, the chair of the education select committee says many are still failing to make students more aware of the dangers.

Celebrities are inadvertently fuelling a "sexting" boom among schoolchildren, the National Crime Agency's (NCA) head of child protection has suggested. Dr Zoe Hilton told MPs it was now normal for teenagers to text sexually explicit messages and photographs to each other as they attempted to imitate famous stars and adults.

Teachers should not be friends with their pupils and must avoid connecting with them online, according to new, official advice issued on Monday. The guidance, to be published by the Department for Education (DoE), will caution them against accepting friend requests on Facebook from current or former pupils.

Research published by the Department for Education suggests that schoolchildren are more 'sober' than those a decade ago but spend less time socialising with friends

Teachers should search for their own names on the internet to check they are not being cyberbullied by pupils or parents, according to new government guidance.

A BBC Spotlight NI investigation has uncovered 731 photographs of Northern Irish schoolgirls on a pornographic website used by paedophiles.

In a poll of 11- to 17-year-olds, 35% reported that they have experienced cyberbullying – compared with 16% last year. Four in 10 said they had witnessed others being picked on online – almost double the 22% recorded last year.

A Welsh teenager has relived the ordeal she went through at the hands of cruel “keyboard warriors” after new figures revealed the number of children being bullied online has doubled in a year.

At the start of National Anti-Bullying Week, Prof Andy Phippen says only a collaborative approach from schools and parents will ensure cyber bullying is quashed

The chairman of the Commons education select committee says schools in England are failing in their efforts to teach children about the dangers of online abuse and trolling.

Education Secretary warns teachers not to leave private photographs on view, as she tells headteachers to protect staff from abusive parents and pupils